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THE
TEMPLAR'S MANUAL;
CONTAINING A FULL AND COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM OF
TACTICS AND DRILL,
TOGETHER WITH ALL CEREMONIES APPERTAINING TO THE
ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD:
THE STATUTES AND REGULATIONS OF THE GRAND COMMANDERY
THE CEREMONIES OF INSTALLATION FOR GRAND AND SUBOR-
DINATE COMMANDERIES; THE BURIAL SERVICE OF KNIGHTS
TEMPLAR; THE WORKING TEXT FOR THE ORDERS;
AND
THE PROPER FORMS AND CEREMONIES FOR CONDUCTING
TRIALS ACCORDING TO THE LAW AND USAGE
OF THE ORDER.
PREPARED EXPRESSLY BY AUTHORITY OF TAS
GRAND COMMANDERY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.
AND
PROMULGATED FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE
SUBORDINATE COMMANDERIES OF ITS
JURISDICTION.
SEVENTH EDMION-REVISEL
CHICAGO:
B. B. MYERS, LAW BOOKSELLER AND PUBLISHER.
1970.
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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868,
BY EUGENE B. MYERS,
For the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of the State of Illinois, in the
Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the
Northern District of Illinois.
Chicago Type Foundry, Stereotypers.
OFFICE OF R. E. GRAND COMMANDER K. T.
STATE OF ILLINOIS,
CHICAGO, August 3, A. D., 1868, A. O. 750.
fo Eminent Sirs DANIEL DUSTIN, WILLIAM ECKLEY
OVEN, CHARLES HOMAN BROWER, Committee on
Tactics and Drill:
I am in receipt of your report, accompanied by the
-labors assigned you by the Grand Commandery at its
last Annual Conclave, which I have examined quite
thoroughly and with great interest; and acknowledge
with pleasure that the purpose and intention of the
resolutions have been eminently fulfilled; and feel that
I must congratulate you on your supreme success in
supplying a want long felt by the Commanderies of this
jurisdiction.
I hereby approve the same, and shall cause its promul-
gation for the use and government of the Subordinate
Commanderies of the State of Illinois.
Courteously yours,
VINCENT LUMBARD HURLBUT,
GRAND COMMANDER.
CONTENTS.
Military Instruction for Knights Templar
Manual of the Sword
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Templar Sword Practice
Tactics and Ceremonies in the Asylum
Tactics and Ceremonies in the Council
Templar Tactics for Public Parade
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Tactics for Full Display on Public Parade
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Reception and Escort Honors
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Funeral Honors
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Escort to other Masonic Bodies
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Tactics for Grand Parade
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Working Text for the Orders of Knighthood
Burial Service
Services for Constituting Commanderies
Installation Ceremonies and Charges
Forms and Ceremonies for Conducting Trials
Ceremonies for Installation of Grand Officers
Templar Jurisprudence
Constitution Grand Encampment
Knight Templar Uniform, Regulations
Statutes and Regulations of the Grand Commandery
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SCHOOL OF THE TEMPLAR.
There should be selected from every Commandery
a well qualified Sir Knight, whose duty shall be to act
as military instructor to newly created Sir Knights in
the School of the Templar. These Sir Knights should
be under his especial charge until they have acquired
suitable proficiency in the School to enable them to
join in the military manoeuvres of the Order.
The instructor should make his first lessons short,
and always give a clear and concise explanation of the
movement before he requires its execution, and make
it fully understood before passing to another. When
his charge has learned to execute a command satis-
factorily, he will pass immediately to other move-
ments; this will keep up the interest of the Sir
Knights. He should also make use of every oppor-
tunity that presents itself during the working of the
Commandery to instruct his charge. In these short
lessons much valuable instruction can be imparted.
COMMANDS.
Military commands are of three kinds, viz.: cau-
tionary, preparatory, and executory. The cautionary
command is, "Attention;" the preparatory command
indicates the movement which is to be executed, as
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"Handle,'
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"Draw," "Present," etc.; the executory
is the part of a command which causes an execution,
as March," Halt," etc.
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The tone of command should be animated, distinct,
and of sufficient loudness to be easily distinguished
by the Sir Knights under instruction. The command,
attention, is pronounced in a loud and distinct tone of
voice: if the number of Sir Knights be large, it is
given at the top of the voice, dwelling on the last
syllable. The same directions will apply to the pre-
paratory command. The command of execution should
be pronounced in a more elevated, energetic, firm,
and brief manner than either of the others.
In this work, the cautionary and the preparatory
commands are distinguished by Italics, and the execu-
tory by SMALL CAPITALS. Those commands, which,
from their length, are difficult to be pronounced at
once, should be divided into two or three parts, with
an increasing force in the tone of command, but
always in such a manner that the word of execution
may be still more energetic and elevated.
Within a Commandery,—and in public, if the num-
ber of Sir Knights is not too large to be directed with
a moderate tone of voice,-the usual and preferable
cautionary command is, Attention, Sir Knights. "Sir
Knight" is also the proper title by which both officers
and members of the Order address each other as such.
POSITION.
The proper military position for a Sir Knight should
be taught, where practicable, to one Sir Knight at a
time; though a larger number may be, and usually
are, instructed together. In the latter case, the Sir
Knights should be placed in a single rank, and at one
pace distance from each other, during the first lessons;
afterward, the distance may be lessened until they
lightly touch elbows.
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The heels should be on the same line, and as near
each other as the conformation of the Sir Knight wili
permit.
The feet should be turned out equally, and forming
with each other something less than a right angle.
The knees should be straight, but without stiffness.
The body should be erect on the hips, and inclining
slightly forward.
The shoulders should be square to the front, and
falling equally.
The arms should hang naturally, the elbows near
the body, the palm of the hand natural, the fingers
slightly curved, the little finger just behind the seam
of the pantaloons.
The head should be erect, and square to the front,
without constraint.
The chin should be slightly drawn in, near the
stock, but not covering it.
The eyes should be fixed straight to the front,
striking the ground at about the distance of fifteen
paces.
The heels should be on the same line; because, if
one were in the rear of the other, the shoulder on
that side would be thrown back, or the position con-
strained. The heels should be more or less closed;
because some are so formed that they cannot, without
constraint, make their heels touch while standing.
The feet should be turned out equally; because, if
one foot were turned out more than the other, a
shoulder would be deranged: and they should not
form too large an angle; because it would not then
be practicable to incline the upper part of the body
forward without rendering the whole position un-
steady. The knees should be without stiffness;
because, otherwise, constraint and fatigue would be
unavoidable. The body should be erect on the hips;
because it gives equilibrium to the position. The
instructor should carefully correct the common habit
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of dropping a shoulder, drawing in a side, or advane-
ing a sip. The upper part of the body should be
aligotly inclined forward, the weight of the body on
the balls of the feet; because beginners are commonly
disposed to do exactly the reverse (to project the
belly, and throw back the shoulders, and the weight
of the body on the heels, when they wish to stand
erect), from which result great inconvenience in
marching. Instructors should be particularly careful
to enforce this rule at the beginning. The shoulders
should be square; because, if advanced beyond the
line of the breast, and the back arched, the Sir
Knight cannot align bimself. The arms should hang
naturally, etc., to prevent the Sir Knight from occu-
pying more space in the rank than is necessary, and
also to assist in keeping the shoulders in proper posi-
tion. The face shouli be straight to the front, and
without constraint; because any other position would
cause pain and fatigue, and embarrass the movements
of the upper part of the body. The eyes should be
directed straight to the front; because this is the
aurest means of keeping the shoulders in line,-an
essential object, and which should always be insisted
on.
Having carefully instructed the Sir Knight in the
details of his position, the instructer should next teach
him the turning of the head and eyes. For this
purpose he will command,-
Eyes-RIGHT
At the word right, the Sir Knight will turn his head
promptly, but gently, to the right, so as to bring the
inner corner of the left eye in a line with the buttons
of the coat; the eyes fixed on the line of the eyes of
the Sir Knights in, or supposed to be in, the same
rank. Having seen that the proper position of the
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head and eyes is taken, the instructor will then
command
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FRONT.
At this command, the head will resume the former,
or direct, position.
Eyes-LEFT.
This movement is exactly the reverse of eyes right,
and does not require particular illustration.
FACINGS.
Facing to the right or left is executed as follows:
the instructor will command,-
Right-FACE.
At the command face, the Sir Knight will raise the
right foot slightly, turn one quarter around toward
the right, on the left heel, raising the toes a little,
and then replace the right heel by the side of the
left, and on the same line. The command,—
Left-FACE,
is executed in precisely the same manner as the
preceding, except that the turn is made toward the
left.
· The full face to the rear is executed to the
command,-
About-FACE.
At the word about, the Sir Knight will turn slightly
on the left heel, so as to bring the toe of the left foot
square to the front, at the same time carrying the
right foot to the rear of the left, the hollow of the
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right opposite to the heel of the left, and full three
inches from it; the feet forming a perfect square to
each other. At the word face, turn on both heels, to
the right, raising the toes slightly, and face to the
rear; bringing, at the same time, the right heel by
the side of the left. Care should be taken that these
motions do not derange the position of the body.
Front-FACE.
This command is only given where it brings the
right in front, or the tallest on the right. In all
other cases, the word right or left should be used
instead of Front.
From the right or left face, to front, the command
is simply Front.
STEPS.
The length of the direct military step or pace, in
common time, is twenty-eight inches, reckoning from
heel to heel; and its velocity, at the rate of ninety in
a minute. This, it should be remembered, is the
regular military step.
Having explained the step, and illustrated it, the
instructor will command,—
Forward-Common Time-MARCH.
At the word forward, the Sir Knight will throw the
weight of the body on the right leg, but without
bending the left knee. At the word march, he will
promptly, but without a jerk, carry straight forward
the left foot twenty-eight inches, the sole near the
ground, the ham extended, the toe a little depressed,
and, as also the knee, slightly turned out: he will, at
the same time, throw the weight of the body forward,
and plant the left foot flat, and without shock, the
whole weight of the body resting on the advanced
foot. He will then, in like manner, advance the right
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foot; and thus continue to march, being careful not
to cross the legs, or strike the one against the other,
without turning the shoulders, and preserving always
the face direct to the front, until the instructor shall
command,-
HALT.
At the word halt (which should be given at the
instant when either foot is coming to the ground), the
foot in the rear is brought up and planted by the side
of the other, without shock. The instructor should
indicate, from time to time, the cadence, or time, of
the step, by counting "one, two,-one, two," or
"left,-left," giving the word at the instant the foot
should be planted, and carefully observing the
cadence of ninety steps in a minute.
The principles of the step in quick time are the
same as for common time; but its velocity is at the
rate of one hundred and ten steps per minute. Το
march in quick time, the command is,
Forward-MARCH.
Too much stress can scarcely be laid upon the
importance of "keeping step" in marching; and it is
particularly urged upon the reader-as the duty of
those charged with the military instruction of
Knights Templars-that they take especial pains to
secure a good degree of promptness, precision, unity,
and elasticity of step, in their respective Com-
manderies. One means of securing this is by occa-
sionally introducing into the drill one or two minutes'
exercise in marking time. For this purpose, the
command is,-
Mark Time-MARCH.
At the word march, the Sir Knight will make a
semblance of marching by bringing the heels by the
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side of each other, and observing the cadence of the
step, by raising each foot alternately, without
advancing. Whenever the instructor wishes the
direct step to be resumed, be will command, Forward
-MARCH. At the word march, the Sir Knight will
step off with the left foot, and take the step of twenty-
eight inches. If the command, mark time—MARCH,
be given while the Sir Knight is marching in the
direct step, he will, at the word march, immediately
make the semblance of marching, as above described.
To change step while on the march, the command
is,--
Change Step-MARCH.
At the word march, which should be given at the
instant either foot is coming to the ground, bring the
foot which is in rear by the side of that which is in
front, and step off again with the foot which was in
front.
To march backward, the command is,-
Backward-MARCH.
At the word march, the Sir Knight will step off
promptly with the left foot, fourteen inches to the
rear reckoning from heel to heel, and so on with the
feet in succession, till the command halt, when the
foot in front will be brought back to the side of the
other.
For the side step to the right or left, the instructor
will command,-
Side Step to the Right (or Left)-MARCH.
At the word march, the Sir Knight will turn his
eyes to the right (or left), step off sidewise about
twenty inches, bring the other foot promptly up to
the side of the first, and so on, until ordered to Halt,
and Front.
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ALIGNMENTS.
The Sir Knights having become sufficiently familiar
with the position, facings, and the principles and
mechanism of the step, the instructor may next pro-
ceed to teach the principles of alignment. For this
purpose, he is recommended to take eight or more
Sir Knights, and teach them to align themselves man
by man, the better to illustrate the rules of alignment.
He should place them in one rank, elbow to elbow,
and number them from right to left. He will then
command the two on the right flank to march two
paces to the front; and, having properly aligned
them, he will caution the others to move up, as they
are successively called, each by his number, and align
themselves on the line of the two in advance. Each
Sir Knight, as his number is called, will turn the head
and eyes to the right, without turning his body, as
already explained, and will march, in quick time, two
paces forward, shortening the second step, so as to
find himself about six inches behind the new line,-
which he ought never to pass. He will then move up
steadily, by steps of two or three inches, to the side
of the Sir Knight next to him on the alignment; so
that, without deranging the head, the line of the eyes,
or that of the shoulders, he may just see the breast
of the second Sir Knight from him, and find himself
in the exact line of his nearest Knight, whose elbow
he will lightly touch without opening his own,-the
eyes remaining to the right. Having seen the rank
well aligned, the instructor will command,—
FRONT.
At this command, all the Sir Knights will turn their
eyes square to the front, and remain firm.
Alignments to the left are executed on the same
principle, and should be occasionally practised.
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When the Sir Knights have learned to align them..
selves promptly and correctly, man by man, without
groping or jostling, the instructor should cause the
entire rank to align itself at once, by the command,-
Right-DRESS.
At the word dress, all, except the two placed in
advance as the basis of alignment, will move up in
quick time, and place themselves on the new line,
according to the principles already explained. Dur-
ing the execution of this command, the instructor
should stand a few paces in front, facing the rank, to
see that the directions are followed; and then pass
to the flank which served as a basis, to verify the
alignment. Having satisfied himself, he will com-
mand,-
FRONT.
Left Dress is executed on the same principles, and
should not be omitted in the elementary drills.
Alignments to the rear are also executed on the
same principles, the Sir Knights stepping back a
little beyond the line, and dressing up to it as already
described. The command is,-
Right (or Left) - Backward-DRESS.
The instructor may order this or that Sir Knight
forward or back, designating each by his number;
when the one designated will slightly turn his head
toward the basis to judge how much he ought to move
up or back, steadily placing himself on the line, and
then turn his eyes to the front without a particular
command to that effect.
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MARCHES.
The Sir Knights having learned to take steps equal
in length and cadence (time) in both common and
quick time, the instructor should cause them to
execute, successively, at these different gaits, the
march to the front, backwards, by the flank, by file,
and to face about in marching.
Unless otherwise directed in the command, the Sir
Knights will always move off in quick time.
The rank being first well aligned, when the instruc-
tor wishes it to march by the front, he will place a
well-instructed Sir Knight on the side he may wish
the guide to be, and command,—
Forward-Guide Right (or Left) —— March.
At the word march, the Sir Knights will step off
promptly with the left foot, each touching the elbow
lightly toward the side of the guide. The guide
should take care to march straight to the front, keep-
ing his shoulders always on a square with that line.
The Sir Knights should not open out either elbow;
should yield to pressure coming from the side of the
guide, and resist that coming from the opposite side:
should recover by insensible degrees the light touch
of the elbow, if lost; should keep the head direct to
the front, on whichever side the guide may be; and,
if any one finds himself behind or before the align-
ment, he should correct himself by shortening or
lengthening his steps by insensible degrees. It should
be impressed upon the mind of the Sir Knights, that
a correct alignment can only be preserved, in march-
ing, by the regularity of the step, the touch of the
elbow, and the maintenance of the shoulders on a
square with the line of direction.
Being well established in the principles of the
direct march, the Sir Kuights should be exercised in
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marching obliquely. For this purpose the instructor
will command,—
Right (or Left) Oblique-MARCH.
At the word march, each Sir Knight will make a
half face (one-eighth turn) to the right (or left); and
all will then march straight forward in the new direc-
tion. The Sir Knights will no longer touch elbows,
but will glance along the shoulders of the nearest
files, toward the side to which they are obliquing, and
regulate their steps so that the shoulders shall always
be behind that of their next neighbor on that side,
and that his head shall conceal the heads of the other
Sir Knights in the rank. Care should be taken that
all preserve the same length of pace and the same
degree of obliquity.
To resume the direct march, the instructor will
command,―
Forward-MARCH.
At the word march, each Sir Knight will make a
half face to the right (or left), and all will then march
straight to the front, as before.
To face about in marching, the instructor will
command,-
Right About-MARCH.
At the word march, which should be given at the
instant the left foot is coming to the ground, each Sir
Knight will bring his foot to the ground, and, turn-
ing on it, face square to the rear, place the right
foot in the new direction, and step off with the left
foot, all without stopping.
To march backward, the Sir Knights being at a halt,
the instructor will command,-
Backward-Guide Right (or Left) — MARCH.
At the word march, the Sir Knights will take the
backward step, as already explained. Care should
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be taken in this exercise that the Sir Knights do not
lean on each other.
To march by the flank, the rank being at a halt and
correctly aligned, the instructor will command,—
Right (or Left)-FACE-Forward-MARCH.
To march by the flank, the rank being in motion,
the command will be,-
By Right (or Left) Flank-MARCH.
At the word march, each Sir Knight will turn a
right angle (or face) to the right or left, as directed;
and the whole rank will promptly move in the new
direction, without a pause.
To file right or left, the rank being marching by
the flank, the command will be,—
By File Right (or Left)- MARCH.
At the word march, the Sir Knight on the right
(the leading file of the moving body) will turn
one quarter to the right or left, as directed, and
move in the new direction, without pause; and each
Sir Knight will, in succession, do the same,—or
arriving at the point where the leader changed direction.
WHEELINGS.
In
Wheelings are of two kinds; from halts, or on
fixed pivots; and in march, or on movable pivots. In
wheels from a halt, the pivot Sir Knight only turns
in his place, without advancing or receding.
wheels in marching, the Pivot Sir Knight takes steps.
of about nine inches, so as to clear the wheeling
point. In each case, the wheeling (or outside) Sir
Knight will take the full step of twenty-eight inches.
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To wheel from a halt, the instructor should place
a well-instructed Sir Knight on the wheeling flank to
conduct it, and command,-
Right Wheel- MARCH.
At the word march, the rank will step off with the
left foot, each Sir Knight at the same time turning
his head a little to the left, the eyes fixed on the line
of the eyes of the Sir Knights to his left.
The pivot
Sir Knight will merely mark time gradually in turn-
ing his body, so as to conform himself to the move-
ment of the marching flank. The Sir Knight who
conducts the marching flank will take the full step of
twenty eight inches, and, from the first step, advance
the left shoulder a little, cast his eyes from time to
time along the rank, and constantly, but lightly, feel
the elbow of the next Sir Kaight, but never press
him. The others will feel lightly the elbow of next
Sir Knight toward the pivot, resist pressure coming
from the opposite side, and each will conform himself
to the marching flank,-shortening his step according
to his distance from the pivot.
In exercising the Sir Knights in this movement,
the instructor should cause them to wheel entirely
round the circle, at least once or twice, before
halting.
The left wheel is executed according to the same
principles.
To execute the wheel in marching, the instructor will
command,-
Right Wheel-MARCH.
The preparatory command should be given when
the rank is yet four paces from from the wheeling
point. At the word march, the wheel will be exe-
cuted in the same manner as from a halt, except that
the touch of the elbow will remain toward the march
ing flank, or side of the guide, instead of side of the
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actual pivot. The pivot Sir Knight, instead of
merely turning in his place, will conform himself to
the movement of the marching flank, feel lightly the
elbow of the next Sir Knight, take steps of full
nine inches, and thus gain ground forward so as
to clear the point of the wheel. The middle of
the rank should bend slightly to the rear. As soon
as the wheel commences, the Sir Knight who con-
ducts the marching flank should cast his eyes on the
ground over which he has to pass. The wheel being
completed, the instructor will command,-
Forward-MARCH.
The first command should be given when four paces
are yet required to complete the wheel. The word
march should be given at the instant of completion;
when the Sir Knight who conducts the marching
flank will direct himself straight forward, the pivot
Sir Knight and all the rank will retake the step of
twenty-eight inches, and bring the head direct to the
front.
MANUAL OF THE TEMPLAR'S SWORD.
The attention of those having charge of this part
of the military instruction of Knights Templars, is
particularly directed to the importance of unity and
precision of movement in the handling of the sword.
A knowledge of the value and resources of actual
sword practice would afford the Sir Knights great
satisfaction. It would be found a graceful and invig-
orating exercise, quickening the eye, giving poise
and agility to the person, and enabling them to
wield the weapon with that freedom and grace which
characterized the Sir Knights of yore.
The instructor will first explain what he proposes
to teach, and then execute, by way of illustration, the
movement before giving the command. He will take
care that the position of the Sir Knights at a carry is
correct, that the sword is held properly in the hand
by the side, that the shoulders are even and square to
the front.
He will also be careful in giving command, when
the movement about to be made is in two motions, not
to give the command of execution until the first
motion is completed, -this will add to the imposing
effect of the movement, and reflect a corresponding
degree of credit upon the Sir Knight executing it.
The handling of the Templar's sword should always
be preceded by a salute, which is the extension of
the sword-arm in a graceful manner before seizing
the weapon. This Knightly salute has been embod-
ied in the manual, and takes precedence in drawing
the sword from its scabbard, and is introduced as
the first motion of Handle Sword.
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FIRST MOTION.
SECOND MOTION.
Handle-SwORD.
Two Motions.
At the command, Handle, the Sir Knight will exter
his right arm gracefully its full length, with palm of
the hand upward, fingers extended naturally.
At the command, SWORD, seize the scabbard with
the left hand without raising it, pass the right hand
across the body to the hilt of the sword.
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- FIRST MOTION.
SECOND MOTION.
Draw-Sword
Two Motions.
At the command, Draw, grasp the hilt of the sword
firmly, draw it from the scabbard so much that the
line of the arm shall be directly across the body.
At the command, SWORD, draw the sword entirely
from the scabbard with a full sweep, turn the hand
gracefully and bring the hilt to the breast, the blade
at an angle of about thirty degrees from the
perpendicular.
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Carry-ARMS.
One Motion.
At the command, ARMS, drop the blade of the sword
into the hollow of the arm, holding the hilt between
the thumb and two fingers near the helmet; bring
the hand nearly to the thigh, the elbow a little bent
and well back against the body, the edge of the
sword to the front, the fingers of the left hand
embracing the scabbard at the full length of the
arm.
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Present-ARMS.
One Motion.
At the command, ARMS, raise the right hand grace-
fully and bring the sword square to the front of the
face, the hand well brought in, guard on a level with
the chin, the elbow supported on the body, the blade
of the sword held at an angle of thirty degrees, or
sufficient to clear the point of the chapeau.
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FIRST MOTION.
SECOND MOTION.
Reverse-SwORD.
Two Motions.
At the command, Reverse, extend the right arm full
length, sword perpendicular.
At the command, SWORD, turn the wrist inward,
lowering the point and carrying the blade of the
sword to the rear, letting the hilt play. between the
thumb and two fingers, the blade supported by the
elbow close to the body, the hilt at the height of the
shoulder and the sword held across the right side at
an angle of forty-five degrees.
To bring the sword back to a Carry, the command is,
Recover-SwORD.
Two Motions.
At the command, Recover, extend the right arm,
turn the wrist to the right until the sword is
perpendicular.
At the command, SWORD, bring the sword briskly
back to a carry.
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Cross-Sword.
Two Motions.
At the command, Cross, bring the sword to Present.
At the command, SWORD, extend the right foot about
eighteen inches and at the same time extend the right
arm to its full length directly in front, at such
elevation as to bring the right hand about on a level
with the top of the head; the back of the hand
turned to the left, the edge of the sword to the front,
and cross the sword with that of the Sir Knight
opposite. (The swords should cross each other at
about six inches from the points. When properly
done, the planting of the right foot and the crossing
Care should be
of the swords will be simultaneous.
taken to keep the right arm straight, the common
fault being to sink the elbow and thus contract the
avenue thus formed.)
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PAUSE AT FIRST MOTION.
FIRST MOTION CONCLUDED.
Return-Sword.
Two Motions.
At the command, Return, bring the sword to the
position of Present, seize the scabbard at the opening
with the thumb and two fingers of the left hand,
turning the sword so that the point may be entered
with the assistance of the fingers of the left hand
without turning the head or casting the eyes down;
the right hand as high as the chin and well towards
the left, so that the sword is perpendicular.
At the command, SWORD, sheathe the sword with a
prompt and vigorous motion, letting the hands drop
naturally at the sides.
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Sword-Arm-REST.
One Motion.
At the command, REST, carry the right hand to the
left and clasp it with the left hand, blade of the
sword in the hollow of the elbow of the right arm.
(This command is only given on the march to rest
the sword arm.)
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Support-ARMS.
One Motion.
At the command, ARMS, raise the left hand nearly
open to the height of the breast, at the same time
turning the point of the sword to the left, drop it
between the thumb and fingers of the left hand, hold
the sword diagonally across the body.
When the Sir Knights are on public parade, at a
halt, and it is desired to rest the sword arm and the
body, the command will be, Parade―REST.
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Parade REST.
One Motion.
At the command, REST, reverse the point of the
sword until it reaches the ground between the feet;
clasp the left hand over the right, which rests on the
helmet of the hilt, (the weight of the body upon the
right leg, the left knee bent.)
At the command,
ATTENTION,
Resume the Carry by dropping the left hand, seize
the hilt, raise the sword briskly with thumb and two
fingers, and let the blade fall into the hollow of the
shoulder, (the body erect upon the hips.)
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SALUTE.
Bring the sword to a Present, then drop the point
of the sword to the right near the ground, the arm
extended and the nails of the fingers upward, the
point of the sword in line with the toes of the right
foot.
(If the salute is to be executed by individual Sir
Knights, instead of officers, draw the sword and place it
at a carry before entering the Asylum; after saluting,
bring the sword to a carry, then return it to the scabbard,
and be seated.)
SALUTE WITHOUT SWORD.
Extend the right hand and bring it up to the left
breast, throw it easily and gracefully to the front,
until the arm is nearly extended, then drop the hand
at the side.
TEMPLAR SWORD PRACTICE.
The instructor will cause the Sir Knights to prac-
tice the first principles of sword exercise which are
embodied in moulinets.
The moulinets are introduced for the purpose of
exercising the wrist, the practice of which will secure
a freedom and grace which will materially assist the
Sir Knights in all movements of the sword. For
Templar sword practice two moulinets have been
introduced. The position of the Sir Knight in the
practice is as follows: Heels close together, toes
turned out, chest expanded, the body perfectly erect,
shoulders square to the front and head and eyes to
the front. The sword should be held firmly but not
stiffly in the hand. The thumb and forefinger should
always grasp the hilt, while the other fingers play
loosely around it, according to the position of the
sword as it describes a circle.
RIGHT FRONT MOULINET.
Extend the right arm directly in front of the body,
holding the sword pointed horizontally to the front
in carte, that is, the flat of the blade upward; whirl
the sword in a horizontal plane to the left until it is
directly over the head pointing horizontally to the
rear, and continue the motion around the right side
to the front, cutting from right to left. Keep the
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hand always in front of the forehead, moving it in a
straight line out to the full length of the arm and
back, the elbow in front of the body.
LEFT FRONT MOULINET
Is precisely similar, only that the cutting is from left
to right.
CUTS.
There are seven different ways of directing the
edge of the sword,-and seven only. These are
numbered from one to seven respectively, and are
technically termed cuts. Of the seven, four are made
in diagonal directions, two horizontally, and one
perpendicularly, as
illustrated in the following
diagram:
7
2
G
S
To make a cut with effect, and at the same time
without exposing the person, two points require par-
ticular attention. The first is to acquire a facility in
giving motion to the arm by means of the wrist and
shoulder, without bending the elbow; the second, to
attain correctness in applying the edge in the exact
direction of the blade. By a neglect of the first rule,
the sword arm is exposed; and of the second, the
blade will turn in the hand; and, as the flat part
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must receive the whole force of the blow, it will most
likely be shivered to pieces.
PREPARE TO GUARD.
At this command, the Sir Knight should stand
square upon both feet, and bring his sword to the
same position as present,-the blade at an angle of
about thirty degrees, or just sufficient to clear the
chapeau.
GUARD.
At this command, advance the right foot about
eighteen inches, resting the weight of the body prin-
cipally upon the left; at the same time, extend the
right arm directly in front, the back of the hand
nearly perpendicular to the rear, the flat of the blade
to the front; and cross swords with your opposite,-
the blades crossing each other about midway between
the point and the hilt. This position should always
follow prepare to guard, and always precede the cuts.
The crossing should be simultaneous with the
planting of the right feet.
Cut One. To make this cut, turn the wrist so as to
bring the point of the sword over the right shoulder,
and then sweep diagonally down from right to left,-
towards the neck,-bringing the sword back with a
graceful motion to the position of prepare to guard.
Cut Two. Bring the point of the sword over the
left shoulder, and then sweep diagonally down from
left to right, towards the neck,-bringing the sword
back to prepare to guard.
Cut Three. Turn the wrist so as to bring the point
of the sword on the right, near the ground, and
sweep diagonally upward from right to left, bringing
the sword back to prepare to guard. (This is called
right under cut.)
Cut Four. Turn the wrist so as to bring the point
of the sword near the ground, on the left, and sweep
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diagonally upward from left to right, bringing the
sword back to prepare to guard. (This is called left
under cut.)
Cut Five. Turn the wrist so as to bring the point
of the sword to the right, and sweep horizontally
from right to left, on a line with the flank, bringing
the sword back to prepare to guard.
Cut Six. Sweep horizontally from left to right, on
a line with the flank, bringing the sword back to
prepare to guard.
Cut Seven. Bring the point of the sword back
over the head, and then cut down vertically to the
centre, bringing the sword back to prepare to guard,
as before. (This is called Head cut.)
These directions for giving the cuts are intended
more particularly as a guide to individual practice,-
either with or without a diagram before the person
exercising. Such practice is especially recommended
for beginners, either in classes or singly,—and should
always precede exercising in couples. For class
practice, the Sir Knights should take distance by the
point of the sword, the arm extended at full length.
Although only a part of the above cuts are introduced
into the Orders of Knighthood, viz: No. 1 corres-
ponding with Cut Two; No. 2 corresponding with
Cut One; No. 3 corresponding with Cut Four, and
No. 4 corresponding with Cut Two, as illustrated by
the following diagram, the occasional practice of all
4.
3
is recommended, as tending to secure a more free and
graceful execution. In exercising by couples, the
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instructor should be careful to time his commands
equally-thus: "Prepare to guard-guard-two-
one-four-two-advance-communicate-recover."
THRUST.
The Thrust is made by dropping the point of the
sword directly in front, the arm fully extended, the
sword turned in the hand, blade in carte, nails of the
fingers upward; the weight of the body thrown for-
ward at the same time upon the right leg, the knee
bent.
RECOVER.
Bring the right foot back on line with the left,
draw back the sword arm, drop the right hand at the
side with sword at a carry.
IN THE ASYLUM OF KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.
TO FORM DIVISIONS.
In forming divisions and all other military move-
ments in the Asylum other than private escort, the
Captain General is the proper executive officer unless
the Eminent Commander himself be present and
choose to assume the immediate command.
When the proper time arrives the Captain General
will command,
Sir Knight Warder-LET THE TRUMPET BE SOUNDED.
At the sound of the trumpet which should be
prompt, and which is the signal to fall into line, the
Senior Warden will take his post near the Captain
General's station, and the Sir Knights will form in
one rank on his left, facing the right, or East, tallest
on the right, and about thirteen inches from each
other, breast to back. If there be no trumpet, the
Captain General will command,
Attention, Sir Knights-FALL IN.
(The Sir Knights being seated, will always, at the
command, ATTENTION, SIR KNIGHTS, rise to their feet
and stand fust until other commands are given.) The
Sword Bearer, Standard Bearer and Warder do not
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fall in with the rest. but remain standing in the West,
facing the East. The grading, or sizing, being com
pleted, the Captain General will command,
Attention, Sir Knights--FRONT,
When the Sir Knights will face to the left. The
Junior Warden, who does not fall in with the rest,
will take his post on the extreme left of the line.
The Senior Warden having taken his post on the
exact point where the right of the line is to rest, the
Captain General, will command,
Attention, Sir Knights-Right-DRESS-FRONT.
The positions of the Officers and Sir Knights will
then be as illustrated by the following diagram:
9 10 11
8
L
EAST.
2 1 3
In the above and in the diagrams following, the
officers will be numbered as follows: 1, Eminent
Commander; 2, Generalissimo; 3, Captain General;
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4, Prelate; 5, Treasurer; 6, Recorder; 7, Senior
Warden; 8, Junior Warden; 9, Sword Bearer; 10,
Standard Bearer; 11, Warder; 12, Captain of the
Guard.
The Sir Knights being formed in one rank, or line,
as above explained, the Captain General will draw his
sword, advance to the centre and front of the line
and command,
Attention, Sir Knights-
Handle-SWORDS-Draw-SWORDS - Carry-ARMS—
CALL OFF FROM THE RIGHT BY TWOS.
The first Sir Knight on the left of the Senior War-
den pronounces "One;" the next Sir Knight, "Two;"
the next,
"One;" the next, "Two," and so on,
through the line.
The Senior and Junior Wardens do not count. The
counting being completed, the Captain General will
command,
In Two Divisions-Right-FACE-MARCH.
At the command, FACE, the whole line will turn
one quarter round to the right.
At the command, MARCH, those numbered One will
stand fast, while those numbered Two will step briskly
to the right side of numbers One.
The Sir Knights are now formed into files of two
abreast. Those of the numbers One constitute the
"First Division," and those of the numbers Two
constitute the "Second Division."
Care should be taken that the space or interval
made vacant by the numbers Two is preserved, and
that at the command, MARCH, every number Two
should make the step to the right at the same moment.
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This movement being completed, the Captain
General will command,
Officers-PosTS.
At the command, Posts, the Senior Warden will
take command of the First Division. The Junior
Warden will take his post on the right and command
the Second Division.
The Captain General will then command,
Attention, Sir Knights-Front-FACE.
The positions of the officers and divisions will then
De as follows:
9 10 11
3
8
2 1
EAST.
TO FORM INTO LINE FROM TWO DIVISIONS.
The Sir Knights being in two divisions, and faced
to the front, the Captain General will command,
Attention, Second Division-Into Line-MARCH.
The Sir Knights composing the Second Division
and numbered Twos, will at the command, MARCH,
TO FORM IN THREE DIVISIONS.
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step briskly to the left and front, taking their original
place in line on the left of the numbers One. The
Junior Warden at the same time will take his position
on the extreme left of the line.
If the Sir Knights have not been faced to the front,
and it is desired to bring them into one rank, the
Captain General will command,
Attention, Sir Knights-
Undouble, Into Line, Left-FACE-MARCH.
At the command, FACE, they will face to the left,
and at the command, MARCH, they will execute the
same movement as above explained.
The Captain General will then command,
Right-DRESS-FRONT.
The Sir Knights are now in position to form Three
Divisions.
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TO FORM IN THREE DIVISIONS.
The Captain General will command,
Attention, Sir Knights-
CALL OFF FROM THE RIGHT BY THREES.
""
The Sir Knights will call from the right to the left
of the line, "One," "Two," "Three," "One," "Two,'
Three," commencing with the file next to the Senior
Warden. When the counting is completed the
Captain General will command,
In Three Divisions-Right-FACE-MARCH.
At the command, FACE, each Sir Knight will face
to the right; and at the command, MARCH, those
numbered One will stand fast; each numbered Two
will, by one oblique step to the right, place himself
on the right of number One; and each numbered
Three will take two full side steps to the right, and
then, by one full step to the front with the left foot,
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place himself on the right of number Two; thus
forming them into files of three abreast, and faced to
the right. Those numbered One constitute the
"First Division;" those numbered Two, the Second
Division; and those numbered Three, the "Third
Division." The Captain General will then command,
Officers-POSTS.
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At the command, Posts, the Senior Warden will
promptly take his position on the right of the first
division, the Sword Bearer on the right, the Standard
Bearer in the centre, and the Warder on the left, of
the second division, and the Junior Warden on the
right of the third division. The Captain General
will then command,
Front-FACE-Right-DRESS-FRONT.
The positions of the officers and divisions will then
be as follows:
EAST.
2 1
4
7
11
- 10 -
9
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INSPECTION OF KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.
The Sir Knights being formed into Two Divisions,
swords at a carry, as already directed, the Captain
Generai will command,
Attention, Sir Knights-PREPARE FOR INSPECTION,
Then advance to the front and centre of the first
division, and command,
Attention, First Division-
From Centre Side Step to the Right and Left-MARCH,
Sufficient space baving been made for the Standard
Guard, he will command, HALT.
Attention, Standard Guard-
Handle-SWORDS - Draw-SWORDS -- Carry-ARMS-
File Left-MARCH.
Right-FACE-Forward
When opposite the interval made in the first division,
he will command,
HALT-Right-FACE.
Attention, Sir Knights-Present—ARMS,
And after the Standard Guard has acknowledged the
salute to the banner, he will command,
Standard Guard, Into Line-MARCH-About-FACE.
Attention, Sir Knights-Carry-ARMS.
He will then command,
TO THE REAR OPEN ORDER.
At the command, To THE REAR OPEN ORDER, the
Junior Warden will step back three paces; the
Captain General will then command,
MARCH.
At this command the second division will fall back
three paces, on line with the Juuior Warden.
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Attention, Sir Knights-Right-DRESS-FRONT.
At the command, FRONT, the Senior Warden and
Standard Guard step one pace to the front. The
Junior Warden will pass down in rear of the second
division to one pace in front and on the left of the
first division. The Captain General will then place
himself two paces in front of the Standard, and
inform the Eminent Commander that the lines are
formed for Inspection.
Upon the approach of the Eminent Commander, the
Captain General will command,
Present-ARMS.
He will then resume his former position of face to
the front, and bring his sword to salute. As the
Eminent Commander passes each file, the Sir Knight
will turn his sword so that both sides of the blade
may be inspected; this movement is made by turning
the wrist so that the nails of the fingers shall be
outward, then immediately after he has passed resume
the former position. Officers salute as the Eminent
Commander passes; Standard is dropped.
2
8
3
11 10 9
7
EAST.
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The foregoing diagram exhibits the positions of the
officers and divisions as above described, and also the
line of march of the Eminent Commander.
On returning to the right of the lines the Eminent
Commander will order,
PREPARE FOR REHEARSAL.
Attention, Sir Knights-Carry-ARMS-Officers-POSTS.
At the command, Posts, the Captain General will
place himself on the left, and the Generalissimo on
the right of the Eminent Commander; the Senior
Warden on the left of the first division; the Junior
Warden on the left of the second division, and the
Standard Guard at the opening at the foot of the lines
facing the Eminent Commander. The officers having
taken their respective posts, the Eminent Commander
will command,
Attention, First Division-
On Centre Side Step to the Right and Left-MARCH-
HALT-About-FACE.
Attention, Sir Knights-
TAKE DISTANCE BY THE POINT OF THE SWORD.
At this command, each Sir Knight in the two divi-
sions will drop the point of his sword to his left, and
extend the right arm across the body, so that the
right hand will rest against the left breast, the back
of the hand to the front, the blade of the sword
extending horizontally across the breast of the Sir
Knight next on his left.
The Senior Warden will immediately command,
First Division-Side Step to your Right.
The Junior Warden will, at the same time, command,
Second Division-Side Step to the Left.
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The preparatory commands given, the Eminent
Commander will add,
MARCH.
At this command, the Sir Knighis will turn their
heads towards the East, and by a side step to the
West gain distance equal to the length of the sword
blade from the Sir Knight next toward the East, and
Halt. The Standard Guard will retreat with the
extension of the lines towards the West.
The Sir Knights, as soon as they are in position
and have halted, will carry arms. The Sir Knights of
the second division will be careful to align upon the
corresponding Sir Knights of the first division, so
that they will be exactly opposite each other. The
leading files on the right, or East, on the extension
of the lines, stand fast.
The following illustrates the positions at the
completion of the movements:
11 8
10
==
9
EAST.
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The
are communicated either through or
across the lines, or alternately, at the discretion of
the Eminent Commander.
To communicate through the lines, the Eminent
Commander will face to the Generalissimo, and
command,
Attention, Sir Knight Generalissimo
ADVANCE, AND COMMUNICATE TO ME.
RECEIVE
IT FROM THE SIR KNIGHT ON YOUR right.
The Generalissimo does the same to the Sir Knight
on his right, who will about face, and repeat it to the
next, and so on, until it has passed the entire circuit,
to the Captain General, who will report to the Emi-
nent Commander that he has received the
as
it has come through the lines. The latter will com-
mand him to advance, and communicate it to him;
and, if right, will so declare it. The direction of
communication may be reversed at discretion.
To communicate through both lines simultaneously,
the Eminent Commander will first command the
Generalissimo, as above; then face to the South,
repeat a similar order to the Captain General, and
cominand him to receive the communication from the
Sir Knight on his left. Each Sir Knight, on being
commanded, Attention, Sir Knight, will face to the
East, and present; and at the command, Advance, &c.,
will communicate in due form. At the command,
Receive it, &c., he will about face, and command the
Sir Knight next to him in a like manner; the move-
ment passing down each line at the same time. On
reaching the Sir Knights next to the Senior and
Junior Wardens, they will say,
Attention, Sir Knight Junior (or Senior) Wardens-
ADVANCE, AND RECEIVE FROM ME
".
The Junior Warden will then command the Senior
Warden to receive from him
as it has come
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down through the line. The Senior Warden will
then face to the Fast, and inform the Eminent Com-
mander that he has received
as it has come
down through the lines. He is commanded to
advance, and communicate it.
The Eminent Commander responds, Right, Sir
Knight.
About-FACE-To your Post-MARCH.
To communicate across the lines, the Eminent
Commander will command,
Attention, Sir Knights-PREPAre to Guard.
At the command, PREPARE TO GUARD, each Sir
Knight will bring his sword to the same position as
present. The Eminent Commander will then command,
First Division Advance and Communicate to the Second
Division the
GUARD.
At the command, GUARD, each Sir Knight of both
divisions will promptly advance his right foot about
eighteen inches, resting the weight of his body prin-
cipally on his left, and at the same instant extend his
right arm directly in front, the back of his hand to
the rear, the flat of his blade to the front, and cross
swords with the Sir Knight directly opposite to him;
the swords crossing each other at nearly a right
angle, and about midway between the point and the
hilt. To secure uniformity of motion, the Eminent
Commander will do well to call off the cuts by their
numbers; at least, until his command are familiar
with them. The communication having passed, he
will command,
Recover-Swords.
The First and Second Divisions should advance and
communicate alternately.
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The exercises being completed, the Eminent
Commander, should he desire it, will say,
Sir Knight Captain General-YOU WILL FORM
TRIANGLE.
The Eminent Commander and Generalissimo having
returned to their stations in the East, the Captain
General will command,
Attention, First Division-About-FACE-Second Division
-Ciose Order-MARCH.
When the second division has arrived at its proper
distance behind the files of the first idvision, he will
command,
Second Division-Into `Line-MARCH.
At the command, MARCH, the second division will
step to the left and front and take its position as in
one rank, the Senior Warden taking his post on the
right, the Junior Warden on the left of the line.
The Captain General will now command,
Attention, Sir Knights-
Right-DRESS-FRONT-Call off from the Right by
Threes-IN THREE DIVISIONS-Right-FACE--
MARCH-Officers-Posts.
When the officers take their posts as in forming
into Three Divisions, each faced to the right. The
Captain General will command,
Close Intervals-MARCH,
At the command, MARCH, the first file of three,
composing the leading files of each division, stand
fast, the others closing up on them, leaving a space,
or interval, of about thirteen inches between each
file, and halt.
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The Captain General will now command,
Attention, Sir Knights-FORM TRIANGLE.
The officers of divisions will then give promptly
the following orders:
The Senior Warden-
First Division-COUNTERMARCH BY FILe Left.
The Sword Bearer-
Second Division-BY FILE LEFT.
The Junior Warden-
Third Division-MARK TIME.
These preparatory commands given, the Captain
General will command,
MARCH.
The first and second divisions will move off
simultaneously, -the first countermarching to the
West, the second filing to the North. The Sword
-Bearer should step one pace forward before filing to
the left, so as to clear the first division. As soon as
the last Sir Knight in the second division files to the
left, the Junior Warden will command,
Third Division-By File Left-MARCH.
When the Senior Warden arrives at the point upon
which the base of the triangle is to rest, he will
command,
First Division-HALT-Right-FACE-Left-DRESS-
FRONT.
When the Sword Bearer reaches the proper point
North, he will file to the left; and, on arriving oppo-
site the Senior Warden, he will again file to the left,
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and march his division to the South, on a line at right
angles to the first division, his right resting on the
Senior Warden. He will then command,
Second Division-HALT-Front-FACE-Right-DRESS
-FRONT.
When the Junior Warden arrives at the point
opposite the Senior Warden, he will command,
Third Division-HALT-Front-FACE-Right-DRESS
-FRONT.
These movements executed, the Captain General
will command,
-
First and Third Divisions. Left and Right Wheel-
MARCH-HALT.
The Senior and Junior Wardens will then align
their divisions, -the first by left, the latter by right,
dress, when the Captain General will command,
Return-SwORDS.
He will then announce to the Eminent Commander
that the triangle is formed. The following diagram
illustrates the positions of the officers and divisions.
The dotted lines show the line of march of the several
divisions from their place of starting.
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11
4
2
៖
At the conclusion of the ceremonies for which the
triangle was formed, the Eminent Commander, should
he desire to dismiss the Sir Knights for other duties;
will command,
Attention, Sir Knights-To Your Posts-MARCH.
EAST.
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RE-FORMING DIVISIONS AFTER FORMING
TRIANGLE.
If it is desired to have the command back to its
position in Three Divisions, as before the formation
of the Triangle, the Captain General will command,
Re-Form Divisions-First and Third Divisions-About-
FACE-Right and Left Wheel-MARCH-HALT—
First and Second Divisions-Right-Third Division-
Left-FACE.
These movements having been executed, (as
illustrated by the following diagram,)
------------
The Captain General will command,
Attention, Sir Knights-FORWARD.
EAST.
5
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The officers of divisions will immediately give the
following commands:
The Senior Warden-
First Division-COUNTERMARCH BY FILE RIGHT.
The Sword Bearer-
Second Division-FILE LEFT.
The Junior Warden-
Third Division-FILE LEFT.
The Captain General will add-
MARCH,
When the divisions will move off at the same time,
and form Three Divisions by the Flank. The Senior
Warden, when he arrives at the point where the right
of his division stood before forming triangle, will
halt. The Sword Bearer, when he arrives on a line
with the Senior Warden, will halt his division. The
Junior Warden, when he arrives at the turning point
of the second division, will again command,
Third Division-File Left-MARCH.
And when he arrives on a line with the Sword Bearer,
will halt his division.
The Captain General will then command,
Attention, Sir Knights-Front-FACE-Right-Dress—
FRONT.
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TO FORM INTO LINE FROM THREE DIVISIONS
AT CLOSE ORDER.
If it is desired to bring the Sir Knights into line
from three divisions, after the formation of the
triangle, it is first necessary to gain the space or
interval of three files, before halting the command.
The Captain General will command,
RE-FORM DIVISIONS AT OPEN INTERvals.
At this command, the Sir Knights of the first
division will shorten step and take distance from each
other of three files before halting, and when the
second division passes the turning point to the left,
they will shorten step and take same distance. The
third division, after filing up to the left, will in
same manner take distance, so that when the three
divisions are halted there is interval of three files
between each, as when first formed into three
divisions.
The Captain General will now command,
Attention, Sir Knights—
By Divisions-Into Line-Left-FACE-MARCH.
At the command, FACE, the three divisions will
face to the front, and at the command, MARCH, num-
bers Two will step briskly to the left of numbers One,
and the numbers Three by two steps to the left and
side of numbers Two.
The Sword Bearer and Warder, after the command,
FACE, has been given, take their posts on the front
and rear of the Standard and face to the front; and
at the command, MARCH, come into line by the same
movements as the other Sir Knights. The Junior
Warden, at the same time, will take his post on the
left of the line.
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TO FORM INTO FILE FROM THREE DIVISIONS
ON THE MARCH.
The Sir Knights marching in three divisions by
the flank, and the interval of three files being
preserved, the Captain General will command,
Into File-Undouble Divisions—MARCH.
At the command, MARCH, number One will continue
the march; number Two will turn his left shoulder
to the rear, shorten his step and fall behind number
One; number Three, at the same time, will fall behind
number Two in like manner. The Junior Warden
takes his post on the extreme left of the file; the
Sword Bearer and Warder on each side of the
Standard, in file.
TO FORM TRIANGLE IN A SMALL ASYLUM.
The Sir Knights having been formed into three
divisions, faced to the right, and officers at their
posts, the same commands are given as before
explained, with the exception that the first division
does not countermarch, but will stand fast, the left
of the divisions having been placed on the line of
the base of the triangle to be formed. At the
command,
FORM TRIANGLE,
The Senior Warden will command,
First Division-About-FACE.
And at the command, ⇓
MARCH,
He will take his post on the left of his division, as
though it had countermarched. The second and
TO RE-FORM IN THREE DIVISIONS.
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third divisions, at the command, MARCH, execute the
same movements as before explained for execution in
larger halls.
The following diagram illustrates that part of the
movement before closing the triangle:
EAST.
TO RE-FORM IN THREE DIVISIONS.
To re-form the divisions from the triangle in small
hall, the movement is executed in same manner as
before explained, with the exception that the first
division does not countermarch.
The Senior Warden will command,
First Division-About-FACE,
And at the command,
MARCH,
Resume his post on the right of his division. The
second and third divisions, after they have been
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faced to the right, will march to their respective
positions, as before explained.
The following diagram illustrates the line of march
and the position of the divisions:
II∞--
OL
7
1
EAST.
REVIEWS IN ASYLUM OF KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.
TO FORM FOR REVIEW IN TWO DIVISIONS.
The Captain General will command,
Attention, Sir Knights-PREPARE FOR REVIEW.
At this command, the Sir Knights will be formed
in two divisions, with swords at a carry, when the
Captain General will advance to the centre of the
lines and command,
From Centre-Divisions-Side Step to the Right and Left
-MARCH,
Making space for the reception of the Standard,
which will be received in same manner as at inspec-
tion, and when in line of the first division, he will
command,
Attention, Sir Knights—Right—FACE-Officers-POSTS.
At the command, Posts, the Senior Warden will
step to the centre and on the right of both divisions,
and command the right wing. The Junior Warden
will file to the left, and take his position in rear of
Standard, and command the left wing. The Standard
Guard, at the command, Right-FACE, will face to the
right, and at the command, Posts, will take their
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posts-the Sword Bearer on the right and the Warder
on the left of the Standard. The Captain General
will take his post two paces in advance, and on the
left of the Senior Warden, and command,
Attention, Sir Knights-Forward-MARCH.
The following diagram illustrates the formation
of Two Divisions to pass in review.
EAST.
8
11 01 9
8
When the command has reached the distance of
three paces from the reviewing officer, the Captain
General will command,
Present-ARMS.
The officers will salute, and the Standard is dropped
as they approach the station. The salute will be
acknowledged by the reviewing officer raising his
chapeau. After the left wing has passed three paces
from the station, the Captain General will command,
TO FORM FOR REVIEW BY THREES.
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Carry-ARMS,
And on arriving at the starting point, he will
command,
HALT-FRONT.
At the command, FRONT, the Standard Guard will
face to the front on line with the first division. The
Senior and Junior Wardens taking their posts on the
right of their respective divisions. The Captain
General will now command,
Attention, Standard Guard-
Two Paces Forward-MARCH-About-FACE.
Attention, Sir Knights-Present-ARMS-Carry-ARMS.
Attention, Standard Guard-Right-FACE-Forward-
MARCH-File Right-MARCH-HALT-FRONT.
The Standard Guard having taken their station in
the West,
Attention, Sir Knights-
Right-DRESS-FRONT- Return-SWORDS-Right-
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FACE-Break Ranks-MARCH.
TO FORM FOR REVIEW BY THREES.
The Captain General will command,
Attention, Sir Knights-PREpare for ReVIEW.
At this command, the Sir Knights will be formed
in one rank, and after being counted off by threes,
with swords at a carry, the Captain General will
command,
By Threes Into Column-Right Wheel.
At this command, the guides being right, or num-
pers One, will promptly caution their files of threes
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to right wheel, and then face themselves to the right.
The Captain General will then add,
MARCH,
When the files of three will wheel to the right in
column and align on the guides which stand fast.
The following diagram illustrates the movement:
9 10 11
8
EAST.
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The Captain General will then command,
Attention, Standard Guard-Handle-SWORDS-Draw-
SWORDS-Carry-ARMS-Forward—MARCH.
And when they arrive at the interval of the centre
of the column, he will command,
By the Right Flank-MARCH,
And when in position,
HALT FRONT.
INTO LINE FROM COLUMN.
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The Senior Warden will command the right wing
and the Junior Warden the left wing of the column.
The Captain General will take his position on the
left and front of the Senior Warden and command,
Forward-Guide Right-MARCH,
The movements in column passing in review being
the same as when formed in two divisions.
If the Standard has been received with honors
before, it is not required to do so a second time in
executing these movements. The Standard should
be received with due honors, and the Guard should
always acknowledge the salute. When the Standard
is to be taken from the ranks it should also be saluted.
TO FORM INTO LINE FROM COLUMN OF
THREES.
After the review, and it is desired to dismiss the
Sir Knights for other duties, the column being at a
balt, the Captain General will command,
By Threes-Left into Line Wheel.
The guides being now left, or numbers Three, will
caution their files to left wheel and then face
themselves to the front, the Captain General will add,
MARCH,
When the whole will wheel by the file into line. The
Junior Warden, at the command, MARCH, will take
his position on the left of the line.
The Captain General will now command,
Attention, Standard Guard-
Three Paces to the Front-MARCH-About-FACE.
Attention, Sir Knights-Present—ARMS-
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The Standard will acknowledge the honors-
Carry-ARMS.
Attention, Standard Guard-Right-FACE-Forward-
MARCH-File Right-MARCH-HALT-FRONT,
Attention, Sir Knights-Right-DRESS-FRONT-
Return-SWORDS-Right face--To your Posts—March.
TO FORM PASSION CROSS IN ASYLUM.
In executing this movement, it is advisable to
select fifteen Sir Knights-placing the most competent
on the right of the sections to act as chiefs-they
having been formed in line, divided in five sections,
swords at a carry; the Standard Guard placed in the
line between the sixth and seventh files; the Senior
Warden on the right, and the Junior Warden on the
left of the line.
The Captain General will now command,
Attention, Sir Knights-By Sections into Column.
At this command, the chiefs of each section will order,
Right Wheel,
And then face themselves to the right, when the
Captain General will command,
MARCH.
The sections will then wheel into column on their
respective guides; the Standard Guard wheeling on
the Sword Bearer in same manner; the Senior War-
den in the centre and front of the first section; the
Junior Warden in the centre and rear of the fifth
section. The column having been placed in the centre
TO FORM PASSION CROSS.
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of the Asylum, and directly in front of the Eminent
Commander, the Captain General will command,
FORM CROSS.
The chiefs will now order their respective sections as
follows:
First Section-By the Right Flank File Left.
Second Section-Right Oblique.
Third Section-Left Oblique.
Fourth Section-By the Right Flank File Left.
Fifth Section-By the Right Flank File Left.
These preparatory commands having been given,
the Captain General will command,
MARCH,
The
When the sections will be formed into a Cross.
first section will be halted on the Senior Warden,
who takes his post on the right and front three files
distant of the guide of the first division at the com-
mand, FORM CROSS. The second section will oblique
to the right. The Standard Guard will forward at
slow time until the second section has uncovered,
when they will oblique a little to the right and take
post in rear of the first section. The third section
will oblique slightly to the left and halt when in line
with the Standard; the second and third sections
will align on the Standard; the first section will
cover the Senior Warden; the fourth and fifth sec-
tions will cover the Standard in file. The Sir
Knights should march steadily and at common time.
The following diagrams illustrate the formation
of the Passion Cross from line:
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7
1
--11 10 9-.
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9 10 11
TO FORM GREEK CROSS.
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In
To form a Greek Cross in the Asylum, the disposition
of the guides will differ from the Passion Cross.
forming the four sections the Senior Warden will take
the right of the first section, the Sword Bearer the
right of the second, the Warder the left of the third,
the Junior Warden the left of the fourth and the
Standard Bearer between the second and third sec-
tions. The movements are exactly the same as in
forming the Passion Cross with five sections.
The following diagram illustrates the positions of
the officers and the forming Cross:
00
8
8
11 10 BEST WAR MAN
6
7
10
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TO FORM IN COLUMN FROM PASSION CROSS
IN ASYLUM.
The Captain General will command,
BY SECTIONS INTO COLUMN.
The chiefs of the sections will order the Cross to
be broken by the following commands:
First Section-By File Right.
Second Section-Forward.
Third Section-Right Oblique.
Fourth Section-By File Right.
Fifth Section-By File Right.
These preparatory commands having been given,
the Captain General will command,
MARCH.
The chief of the first section will, as soon as the
third file has turned to the right, command,
By the Left Flank-MARCH.
The chief of the second will still continue the MARCH;
the third section and the Standard Guard oblique to
the right and take their position in rear of the
second section then Forward-March. The chiefs
of the fourth and fifth sections execute the same
movements as the first section. When they are in
column, and at the proper distance from each other,
the Captain General will command,
Column-HALT.
PRELATE'S ESCORT.
The Senior Warden will command the Sir Knights
to
FALL IN.
He will form them into two divisions, with swords at
a carry, and will order the Warder to inform the
Prelate that the escort is ready, and awaits his
pleasure. The Warder will accompany the Prelate
to his post, on the left of the escort. As the Prelate
reaches the right of the lines, the Senior Warden
will command,
Present-ARMS,
And when the Prelate reaches the left, the Senior
Warden will command,
Carry-ARMS-Right-FACE-Forward
MARCH.
File Left-
On arriving at the Prelate's chamber, the Senior
Warden (if the apartments will allow of it,) will
command,
Open Order MARCH.
At the command, MARCH, the two divisions will
oblique to the right and left, (without shortening the
steps,) until the space required is gained by the first
files; then they will march directly forward.
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On reaching the proper position, the Senior Warden
will command,
HALT-Inward-FACE-Present-ARMS.
When the Prelate has passed through the lines to
his station, the Senior Warden will command,
Carry-ARMS.
During any further use of the escort, if it remains
in the Prelate's chamber, the Senior Warden will
command,
Attention, Sir Knights-Present-ARMS-UN-COVER.
At the command, UNCOVER, the Sir Knights will,
with the left hand, gently lift the chapeau from the
head, and place it on the right shoulder, passing the
left fore-arm between the sword hand and the chest.
After the ceremonies for which the escort was formed
are concluded, the Senior Warden will command,
Attention, Sir Knights-RE-COVER- Carry-ARMS-
Left and Right-FACE-Forward-MARCH,
And when they have arrived at the East, in open
order, he will command,
HALT.
Attention, Sir Knights-Inward-FACE-Return-
SWORDS-Left and Right FACE-To your Posts—
MARCH.
-
If it is desired to escort the Prelate from his apart-
ments in the manner as above directed, the escort
will stand fast, at open order, inward faced, until the
Prelate has passed through the lines to the East, when
the escort will be dismissed. No salute will be given
as he passes through the lines on his return to the
East.
RECEPTION OF A GRAND COMMANDER.
When a Grand Commander of Knights Templar has
signified his intention to visit a Subordinate Com-
mandery, he should be received with honors due his
exalted station; and when his presence has been
announced as in waiting, the Eminent Commander
will appoint the Generalissimo and Captain General
as a committee on behalf of the Subordinate Com-
mandery, to receive and introduce its Grand Com-
mander into the Asylum.
The Eminent Commander will then command,
Attention, Sir Knights.
At this command, every Sir Knight will rise to his
feet, and stand fast.
He will then say:
"Sir Knight Senior Warden, you will form detach-
ment for escort duty, under the charge of the com-
mittee, in the duties of receiving with honors, into
our Asylum, the Right Eminent Grand Commander
of the State of Ohio."
The Senior Warden will then select eight well
qualified Sir Knights from those now standing, for
the detachment, saying, as he makes the selection,
Sir Knight, One Pace Forward-MARCH.
After the number has been selected, the Eminent
Commander will order the Sir Knights to be seated
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The Senior Warden will then command,
Escort-FALL IN,
When the Sir Knights selected for duty will fall into
line, the tallest on the right, facing the East.
The Senior Warden will then command,
Attention, Escort- FRONT-Right-DRESS-FRONT-
CALL OFF FROM THE RIGHT BY TWOS-
Handle-SWORDS-Dram-SWORDS-Carry-ARMS-
In Two Divisions-Right-FACE-MARCH-
Front-FACE.
The Senior Warden will then say:
"Eminent Commander, the escort is ready, and
awaits the pleasure of the committee."
The Eminent Commander will then say:
"Sir Knights Generalissimo and Captain General,
you will retire, and receive our Right Eminent Grand
Commander with honors, and escort him into our
Asylum."
As
The Generalissimo and Captain General will then
pass along the front of the escort, to the left.
they arrive on the right, the Senior Warden will
command,
Present-ARMS,
And when they have marched to the left, he will
command,
Carry-ARMS-Right-FACE-Forward-File Left-
MARCH,
Then place himself on the left of the right file of the
first division, and march to the apartments where the
Right Eminent Grand Commander is in waiting.
RECEPTION OF GRAND COMMANDER.
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The escort will now be halted, faced to the front,
and while the Committee are engaged with the Right
Eminent Grand Commander, the escort will present
arms, and remain so during the ceremony.
When the Right Eminent Grand Commander is
ready to enter the Asylum, the Captain General will
order the Senior Warden to
LEAD ON.
The detachment will march by the flank into the
Asylum, the Generalissimo on the right and the Cap-
tain General on the left of the Right Eminent Grand
Commander, as escort to his person.
When the detachment has arrived in the centre of
the hall, and has filed to the East, the Senior Warden
will command,
Open Order MARCH,
And on reaching the East,
HALT-Inward-FACE-Present-APмs.
The Eminent Commander now receives the Right
Eminent Grand Commander, vacating the East, and
conducts him to the station. The Senior Warden
commanding,
Cross-SWORDS.
When the Right Eminent Grand Commander and
officers pass under the "Arch of Steel" to the East,
and when seated, the Senior Warden will command,
Recover-ARMS.
The remaining Sir Knights in the Asylum, after
the detachment has moved to the ante-room, will, at
the order from the Junior Warden,
Attention, Sir Knights,
rise to their feet, in their places. He will then order
the Standard Guard to their position in the West,
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where the Standard will be displayed during the
presence of the Right Eminent Grand Commander.
The Junior Warden will command,
Handle-Swords-Draw-SWORDS—Carry—ARMS.
The Sir Knights will stand in their places during
the entrance of the detachment, with swords at a
carry, until the escort present, when they will do like-
wise, and stand at present during the formal ceremony
of welcome.
When the Right Eminent Grand Commander is
seated in the East, the Captain General will command,
Attention, Sir Knights-
Carry-ARMS-Return-SWORDS-Attention, Escort-
Left and Right-FACE-Attention, Sir Knights—
To your Posts—MARCH.
The Right Eminent Grand Commander has now full
charge of the Commandery, and if intimating his
desire to inspect, review, or to witness any movement
in the Asylum, the manoeuvre will be executed, as
explained in this work, suitable to such occasions.
The Captam General will be the executive officer, and
will receive orders from the Right Eminent, Grand
Commander, for the execution of any details relating to
the military instruction of Knights Templar.
RECEPTION OF THE GRAND MASTER
OF KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.
If the Grand Master of Knights Templar of the
United States should signify his intention to visit a
Subordinate Commandery of this jurisdiction, the
Commandery, as soon as it can conveniently be done,
will send a committee to the hotel or place where he
can be found, to escort him to the Asylum; during
the absence of the committee the detachment for
escort duty will be selected, formed in two divisions
with swords at a carry and marched to the ante-room,
halted, faced to the front, and at parade rest. The
Senior Warden, or captain of the detachment, on the
right of the first file of the first division. The
remaining Sir Knights in the Asylum will be formed
also in two divisions with swords at a carry, and
formed in two lines at open order, inward faced, at such
distance apart that the detachment of escort can
readily pass inside of their lines, and await the
announcement of the Grand Master, when they will
present, and stand thus during the ceremonies of
reception. Standard Guard in the West. On the
approach of the Grand Master, escorted by the com-
mittee to the outer hall, the detachment will present,
then carry, and stand at parade rest until the Grand
Master and committee have equipped themselves.
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When the Grand Master indicates that he is ready to
enter the Asylum, he will be duly announced, and
the escort will move to the Asylum in two divisions
by the flank; when they are in centre and have filed
to the East, they will open order, and when the right
has arrived at the station they will halt, inward face,
and present.
The Grand Master, escorted in person
by the committee, will halt at the opening of the left
of the escort. The Eminent Commander will formally
receive the Grand Master and vacate the East. After
the ceremonies of reception are concluded, the Emi-
nent Commander will escort the Grand Master to the
station, the detachment forming the arch of steel over
him as he passes, and recover as soon as he is seated.
The Sir Knights will then be dismissed to their posts,
leaving the East in charge of the Grand Master and
officers of the highest rank.
IN THE COUNCIL OF KNIGHTS OF THE RED CROSS.
TO FORM THE LINES FOR RECEPTION OF THE
SOVEREIGN MASTER..
The Chancellor and Master of Palace being at
their stations, the Master of Palace will say,
Attention, Sir Knight Master of Cavalry-
You will form the lines for the reception of our
Sovereign Master.
The Master of Cavalry, having formed the Sir
Knights in two divisions, with swords at a carry, as
before explained, he will command,
Attention, First Division-Three Paces to the Front-
Forward-MARCH-About-FACE-
Left-DRESS-FRONT.
Should the divisions be first formed too far to the
South to bring the opening exactly opposite the station
of the Sovereign Master, by the movement above
directed (as frequently happens), it is easily remedied
by adding one or more paces to the advance of the
first division, and then advancing the second until the
required distance is obtained.
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When the Sovereign Master is to be received, the
Chancellor and Master of Palace file between the
lines, without salute, and on approaching the Warder's
station the Master of Palace will order him to accom-
pany them, and they then proceed to the apartment
of the Sovereign Master, when the Master of Palace
informs him that the lines are formed for his reception
and await his pleasure. He will reply, "I will accom-
pany you, Sir Knights-Sir Knight Warder, lead on!"
The Warder moves forward, the Sovereign Master,
Chancellor, Master of Palace and Prelate following
in order; and as they approach the Council Chamber
the Warder sounds the trumpet, when the Master of
Cavalry will command,
Attention, Sir Knights-Present-ARMS.
On arriving at the foot of the lines the Warder will
step aside to his post, while the Sovereign Master
with his principal officers will pass through the lines
to the East, and as soon as the officers have taken
their stations the Master of Cavalry will command,
Carry-ARMS.
He then salutes the Master of Palace, and surren-
ders the command to him. If the Sovereign Master
does not desire at this time any other movements, the
Master of Palace will command,
Attention, Sir Knights-Return Swords-Divisions, Left
and Right-FACE-To your Posts-MARCH.
TO FORM LINES FOR THE DEPARTURE OF
THE SOVEREIGN MASTER.
The lines are formed exactly in the same manner
as for the reception. When the Sovereign Master is
informed by the Master of Palace that the lines are
TO FORM DETACHMENT FOR ESCORT DUTY.
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formed and await his pleasure, the Master of Cavalry
will command,
Attention, Sir Knights-Present-ARMS
The Warder will receive the Sovereign Master at
the foot of the lines, salute, and promptly lead off.
The Master of Cavalry and Master of Infantry will,
as soon as the cortege passes them, countermarch
inward their respective lines, and follow. When
they reach the last files, the Master of Cavalry will
command,
Carry-ARMS.
The further commands are given by the Sovereign
Master in person.
TO FORM DETACHMENT FOR ESCORT DUTY.
When a detachment is required for escort duty, the
Sovereign Master having ordered an officer to com-
mand, the latter will, after selecting six Sir Knights,
form them in two divisions, with swords at a carry,
and then place himself on the left of the first file,
and command,
Escort-Forward-MARCH.
Ou returning to the Council Chamber he will com-
mand,
Open Order MARCH.
Place his charge in the centre of the detachment,
and when arrived at the East will command,
HALT-Inward-FACE.
To require the detachment for other duties he will
command,
First Division-About-FACE-Second Division-Close
Order-MARCH-Right-FACE--Forward
by File Left-MARCH.
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INSPECTION OF KNIGHTS OF THE RED CROSS.
The Master of Palace will command,
Attention, Sir Knights-PREPARE FOR INSPECTION.
The Sir Knights having been formed in two divi-
sions, with swords at a carry, the Master of Cavalry
commanding the first, and the Master of Infantry the
second, the Master of Palace will command,
First Division-Forward-MARCH-HALT.
When they have arrived well to the North, and
have been halted, the Master of Palace will command,
First Division-About-FACE-Left-DRESS-FRONT.
The Master of Palace will now command,
Second Division-Forward-MARCH.
They will march until they reach a corresponding
line South, then he will command,
HALT-Right-DRESS-FRONT
When
The Master of Palace then informs the Sovereign
Master that the lines are ready for inspection.
the Sovereign Master leaves his station, the Master
of Palace will command,
Attention, Sir Knights—Present—ARMS.
The Sovereign Master then inspects the Cavalry, or
first division going West, and returns in front of the
Infantry, or second division. As the Sovereign Master
passes each file the Sir Knight will turn his sword so
that both sides of the blade may be inspected. This
movement is made by turning the wrist so that the
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nails of the fingers shall be outward, then immediately
resume the former position as the Sovereign Master
passes. When the Sovereign Master has finished the
inspection, and has arrived at his station, the Master
of Palace will command,
Attention, Sir Knights-Carry—ARMS.
REVIEW IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER.
The Master of Palace will command,
Attention, Sir Knights-PREPARE FOR REVIEW.
The Sir Knights having been formed in two divisions,
inward face, for inspection, the Master of Palace will
command,
Attention, Second Division-About-FACE-Forward-
MARCH-HALT.
Attention, First Division-Forward-MARCH-HALT.
The Sir Knights are now faced to to the rear in two
divisions, at close order. The Master of Palace will
command,
Attention, Sir Knights-
About FACE-Right-DRESS-FRONT-Right-FACE
-Forward-
At this command the Master of Palace will place
himself on the left of the Master of Cavalry, and
command,
MARCH.
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When the right has arrived on a line in front of
the Sovereign Master's station, he will command,
By File Left-MARCH.
And on approaching at the distance of three paces of
the Sovereign Master, he will command,
Present-ARMS.
And when the left has passed three paces from the
east, he will command,
Carry-ARMS.
After moving one or more times around the Council
Chamber, the Master of Palace will command,
HALT-Front-FACE-Right-Dress-Front-
Return-SWORDS-Right-FACE-
Break Ranks-MARCH.
TEMPLAR TACTICS FOR PUBLIC PARADE.
TEMPLAR TACTICS FOR PUBLIC PARADE.
A Commandery of Knights Templar, from its semi-
military character, partaking of the organization of
infantry, although armed with the sword, and from the
number of its officers should be treated as a battalion
of infantry in the manoeuvres, and the officers as-
signed positions consistent with their rank in the
execution of movements, as far as practicable. It
would add increased lustre to the Orders of Knighthood
if every Commandery, when appearing in public,
could be mounted; but under the present circum-
stances, however, it is deemed best to assume the
command, when formed for public display, to be a
military battalion-the two wings representing two
military companies. In this manner the officers will
then rank as follows:
The Eminent Commander as Colonel; the General-
issimo as Lieutenant Colonel; the Captain General as
Major; the Prelate as Chaplain; the Treasurer as
Surgeon, and the Recorder as Quartermaster, (these
three constitute the staff officers); the Senior
Warden as Senior Captain; the Junior Warden as
Junior Captain; the Sword Bearer, Standard Bearer
and Warder as Color Guard.
Three Commanderies appearing on public parade,
under the orders of a Senior Eminent Commander,
may be treated as a brigade.
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Nine or more Commanderies on grand parade,
under the direction of a Grand Commander, may be
treated as a Grand Division; the Grand Commander
ranking as Major General.
The Grand Master of Knights Templar may be
considered as ranking as General, or Commander in
Chief of a Grand Army.
When a Commandery is about to appear in public,
it will be found desirable to form as far as practicable
in the Asylum. Every Sir Knight should be fully
equipped according to regulations, and report promptly
at the time ordered by the Eminent Commander,
so that when counted off they may have but one
number, and that they may be able to retain that
number until the command returns to the Asylum.
To count off a second time to accomodate tardy Sir
Knights subjects the whole command to annoyance,
and makes confusion in the lines.
The Sir Knights will invariably be counted off by
threes, whether to be formed in three divisions by the
flank, or to be formed in column of files of threes.
For
Grand Parade or any other occasion when a Com-
mandery appears in public in large numbers, and the
area of ground will permit of the execution of the
movements appertaining to the Orders of Knighthood,
the command should be formed in column of threes in
the Asylum, and each Sir Knight cautioned to remem-
ber the number of his file. In the execution of any
manœuvres contained in this work, on public parade,
the Sir Knights will have but the one number, and
that either "one," "two," or "three" of the odd oT
even numbered files of three, so that in case the lines
are temporarily broken it is not difficult for them to
remember in which file or which section they belong
to re-form the command, without the necessity of
counting off again in public. The movements are all
based upon this principle, and the simplicity will at
once commend itself to the Sir Knights executing
them.
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The Senior and Junior Wardens should alway srepea.
with the greatest promptitude the commands MARCH
and HALT, neither waiting for the other, but each
repeating the command the instant he catches it from
the Captain General. They should repeat no other
command given by him, but explain in an undertone
to their respective divisions or wings what they have
to execute, as indicated by the preparatory commands.
The guides of sections, when about to execute any
movement, will, as soon as they have given the pre-
paratory command, caution the Sir Knights of the
duties required of them, so that when the command
of execution is given they will promptly execute the
movement. They will also see that the Sir Knights
are properly aligned, and in an undertone order what
is necessarily required.
The guides are always left in marching, except in
passing in review, when they are right; but having
passed the reviewing officer, they will again become
left. In forming cross on the march, the chiefs of
the sections are the right guides.
TO FORM IN THREE DIVISIONS AND MARCH
BY THE FLANK.
When the Sir Knights have been convened for
special duty, and it is desired not to have any partic-
ular display of movements in public, the Commandery
should be formed in three divisions and march by the
fank. At the sound of the trumpet, which is the
signal to fall in line, the Sir Knights will promptly
take their places in the line, tallest on the right, faced
to the right, and thirteen inches from breast to back.
The Captain General will draw his sword and com-
mand,
Attention, Sir Knights-Front—FACE-Right-DRESS-
FRONT.
THREE DIVISIONS BY THE FLANK.
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The Sir Knights having been well aligned, he will
command,
Handle SWORDS-Draw-SWORDS-Carry-ARMS-
CALL OFF FROM THE RIGHT BY THREES.
Attention, Sir Knights—In Three Divisions—Right—
FACE MARCH,
When the command will be formed in three divisions.
The Captain General will advance to centre of the
lines and command,
Front-FACE.
Attention, Standard Guard-Handle-SWORDS-Draw-
SWORDS-Carry-ARMS-Right-FACE-Forward
-File Left-MARCH-HALT-Right-FACE.
Attention, Sir Knights-Present-ARMs.
The Standard Guard will acknowledge the salute
to the banner.
Attention, Sir Knights-Carry-ARMS-Right-FACE-
Standard Guard to Post-Left-FACE-Forward
—File Right—MARCH-HALT-Left-FACE.
The Captain General will then inform the Eminent
Commander that the command is formed, when the
officers will take their positions on the right, according
to rank, as follows:
The Junior Warden on the right of the third divi-
sion; the Senior Warden on the right of the first;
the Recorder, Treasurer and Prelate on the right of
Wardens; the Captain General and Generalissimo on
the right of the Prelate, &c., and the Eminent Com-
mander on the right of the whole, forming a triangle.
The Captain of the Guard will take position on the
right of the music, and act as an advance guard.
In marching by the right flank, as above explained,
the leading file of the first division will regulate or
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guide the whole of the files on the march. The Sir
Knights of the first division will preserve the interval
of three files from each other, being careful to cover
their file-leaders so that the line of the file is perfect.
The leading files of the second and third divisions
will align on the leading file of the first, and always
keep the alignment correct, so that the Sir Knights
to their rear may, by covering them and aligning on
the first division, always preserve the correct intervals
from each other. The Sir Knights will remember
that in marching by the flank the first division is
invariably the guide for the other divisions in aligning
the files in both directions.
The following diagram illustrates the positions
marching by the flank in three divisions:
11 10
12
BAND.
TO DISPLAY IN MARCHING BY THE flank.
The Captain General will command,
Attention, Sir Knights-From Centre-Open Order—
MARCH.
At the command MARCH, the second division will
continue to march forward-the leading file without
altering cadence-the balance of the division short-
ening step to the rear to correspond with the interval
or space gained by the first and third divisions, which
oblique to the left and right respectively until a space
equal to six files has been gained, either way, when
they will continue the march forward at open crder,
preserving the alignment at the intervals now gained,
in either direction.
TO REDUCE FROM DISPLAY IN MARCHING.
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The following diagram illustrates the position of
the command when completed:
1
11 10
TO REDUCE FROM DISPLAY IN MARCHING BY
THE FLANK.
The Captain General will command,
J
Attention, Sir Knights-On Centre-Close Order-
MARCH.
At the command MARCH, the second division will
continue the march forward-the leading file without
altering cadence-the balance of the division length-
ening step and closing the interval between the
files and corresponding to the movement of the first
and third divisions, which now oblique to the right
and left respectively, and close the interval to the
distance of three files from each other, either way;
then march steadily forward at close order. The
Standard Guard does not open order, but remains in
same position, only taking shorter or longer steps to
the rear or advance in opening or closing the intervals.
The Eminent Commander and Staff continues to
march forward without change of position.
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TO FORM TWO DIVISIONS WHILE MARCHING
IN THREE DIVISIONS BY THE FLANK.
If on any occasion it becomes necessary to form in
two divisions, the command being on the march in
three divisions, as formed in the Asylum, the Captain
General will command,
Attention, Sir Knights-Double Files-To the Right-
At this command the number threes or right guides
of the even numbered files of three will caution the
remaining Sir Knights that they are about to oblique
to the right. The Captain General will then command,
MARCH.
At this command the odd numbered files of three
will continue to march steadily forward, while the
even files oblique to the right and come up abreast
of the odd numbered files, doubling the files of three,
making sections composed of six.
The following diagram illustrates the manner of
doubling the files to the right:
TC FORM IN TWO DIVISIONS.
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1
3 2
6 4 5
1
7
8
1 2 3 1
11 10 9
The movement being completed, the Captain General
will command,
Into Two Divisions-By the Left Flank File Right.
At this command the guides-being now numbers one,
or left guides-will caution the Sir Knights to turn to
the left and then file to the right, following him.
Captain General will now add,
MARCH,
The
When the files will break and form two divisions by
the flank. The Senior Warden and Junior Warden,
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.
at the command MARCH, will place themselves in
front of the leading files numbered one. The Stand-
ard Guard will continue to march in same manner as
before.
The following diagram illustrates the movement of
forming two divisions by the left flank file right:
6
8
1
2
4
5
1 2 8
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.........
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LL.
TO FORM THREE DIVISIONS.
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TO FORM THREE DIVISIONS FROM TWO
DIVISIONS ON THE MARCH.
The Captain Generai will command.
Form Sections-MARCH.
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At the command MARCH, the numbers two and three
of each file will come up abreast and on the right of
numbers one, the same as in forming in three divi-
sions in ball, making two lines of three divisions
marching together.
The following diagram illustrates the forming sec-
tions:
2
5
When this is completed, the Captain General will
command,
Into Three Divisions-Undouble to the Left-
MARCH.
At the command MARCH, the even numbered files on
the right will shorten step until the odd numbered
files have uncovered them, when they will left oblique
into their former positions in three divisions.
The following diagram illustrates undoubling the
sections into three divisions:
11 10 9
T
TACTICS FOR FULL DISPLAY ON PUBLIC
PARADE.
TO FORM IN COLUMN BY THREES.
For full display of the Templar evolutions on parade,
or any especial occasion other than funeral escort,
the Sir Krights will be formed in columns of half
sections, or files of three. At the sound of the trumpet,
which is always the signal to fall in line, the Sir
Knights all being present, they will fall in, tallest on
the right, facing the right, and at a distance from each
other of thirteen inches from breast to back.
They will be well aligned and counted off by threes,
with swords at a carry. The Standard having been
received with honors, will be placed in centre (or
between the twelfth and thirteenth file, if the inten-
tion is to form cross immediately); the Senior Warden
on the right, and the Junior Warden on the left of
the line, when the Captain General will command,
By Threes into Column-Right Wheel - MARCH.
At the command Right Wheel, the numbers one,
acting as right guides, will caution their respective
files of three to wheel to the right, and then face
themselves to the right. At the command MARCH,
the numbers two and three of each file of threes will
wheel to the right on the guide, who will, as soon as
they come up on line with him, order them to Halt.
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TO FORM IN COLUMN BY THREES.
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The Captain General will then
caution the Sir Knights to re-
member their numbers and
positions. He will then order
each file of three to count,
"One," "Two," "One," "Two,"
and so on, and also caution them
to remember in which file they
are, it being either odd or even;
and he will explain that all
movements they are about to
execute in public are based upon
the numbers and position in
which they are now formed.
The diagram on the left illus-
trates the wheeling into column
by threes to the right.
The Senior Warden will take
position on the right and two
paces in advance of the centre
of the first or odd file of threes,
and command the right wing.
The Junior Warden will take
position in rear of the Standard
Guard in the same manner, and
and command the left wing; the
Recorder, Treasurer and Prelate
inline, on the right of the Senior
Warden; the Captain General and
Generalissimo on the right of
the Prelate, &c., and the Emi-
nent Commander on the right of
the whole. The Captain of the
Guard will take position as an
advance guard on the right of
the music. The diagram on the
right shows its completion and
the position of the officers.
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TO FORM SECTIONS, FROM
THREES, ON THE MARCH.
The Captain General will command,
Into Sections-Form Column-
At this command the guides-being
now numbers three, or left guides-
will caution the others of the files
their respective duties, the guide of
the odd files cautioning them to march
steadily forward. The guides of the
even files will caution to oblique to
the left. The Captain General will
then command,
MARCH.
The
The odd numbered files continue
the march directly forward, while the
even numbered files oblique to the left,
come on line abreast of the odd files,
and march directly forward.
guides will be careful to preserve the
interval left by doubling the files of
three. The Senior Warden, Junior
Warden and Standard Guard will
oblique to the left, so as to be in
centre of sections as now formed.
The accompanying diagram illus-
trates the movement.
3
1
2
6 4 5
7
3 21 3 2
11 10 9
8
1
TO REDUCE THE COLUMN OF SECTIONS.
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TO REDUCE THE COLUMN OF
SECTIONS TO THREES ON
THE MARCH.
The Captain General will com-
mand,
Into Threes-Undouble Sections-
MARCH.
At the command MARCH, the
even numbered files of threes will
3 2
2
2
shorten step, and as soon as the
old numbered files uncover, they
will turn their right shoulder to
the rear and oblique to the right
until they arrive on line with the
number ones of the odd files, when
they will march directly forward,
taking the interval of three files
as before. The Senior Warden,
Junior Warden and Standard Guard 2
oblique to the right, so as to bring
them in the centre of the files of
three as before.
The accompanying diagram illus-
trates the movement.
1
3 2
6 4
5
7
3
2
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11 10 9
8
1
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TO FORM PASSION CROSS FROM THREES
ON THE MARCH.
In executing this movement, the Standard Guard
should have position between the fourth and fifth files
of three.
The Captain General will command,
Into Sections-Form Column-MARCH.
After this movement has been executed he will
.command,
Attention, Sir Knights-Form Cross.
At this command, the Junior Warden having taken
his position between the fifth and sixth sections, if
more than five, will caution the remaining sections to
continue the march, as the base, while the other
sections are forming the cross. The chiefs of the
sections, being now the right guides, will, as soon as
the command Form Cross has been given, order their
respective sections as follows:
First Section-By the Right Flank File Left.
Second Section-Right Oblique.
Third Section-Left Oblique.
Fourth Section-By the Right Flank. File Left.
Fifth Section-By the Right Flank File Left.
These orders having been given, the Captain General
will command,
MARCH.
The Standard Guard will oblique a little to the
right, so as to form the centre of the arms of the
cross. The second and third divisions oblique, align-
ing upon the Standard. The Senior Warden on the
right as leading file, and the Junior Warden on the
left of the whole. The Sir Knights should march
steadily, preserving the alignment by front and flank.
The first six officers will still preserve the triangle,
only enlarging the angle.
TO FORM PASSION CROSS FROM THREES.
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The following diagram illustrates the movement of
each section in forming the cross:
1
3
2
6
4
5
7
11 10 9
8
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The following diagram illustrates the movement
completed:
☐☐ 11 10 9 ----
7
After forming cross, should there be left other sec-
tions to the rear, they will march in column of sections,
forming a base to the cross.
The Passion Cross should never be formed unless
there is sufficient area of ground to reduce the cross
to column of sections before changing the head of col·
umn to the right or left.
TO REDUCE CROSS ON THE MARCH.
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TO REDUCE CROSS TO COLUMN ON THE MARCH.
The Captain General will command,
Attention, Sir Knights--By Sections into Column.
The chiefs of sections will immediately order their
respective sections as follows:
First Section-Left into Line.
Second Section-Left Oblique.
Third Section-Mark Time.
Fourth Section-Left into Line.
Fifth Section-Left into Line.
The preparatory orders given, the Captain General
will command,
MARCII.
The Standard Guard and third section will mark
time until the second section has passed to the left in
front, so as to clear them, when they will follow the
second section, obliquing to their position. The
third section will forward march as soon as the Standard
Guard is one pace in front of them, then oblique to the
right, so that the chief may cover the guide of the
second section when in proper position. The sections
will take alignment from the guide of the first section
on the right, being careful not to pass him, and then
dress to the left on marching by sections in column.
The following diagram illustrates the movement:
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1
3
2
7
11 10 9
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TO FORM PATRIARCHAL CROSS.
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TO FORM PATRIARCHAL CROSS ON THE MARCH
In executing this movement, there should be seven
(7) sections from right of column, and with competent
guides to a t as chiefs of sections. The commandery
or guide banner having been placed between the sec-
ond and third sections-the standard guard between
the tifth and sixth sections-the Senior Warden on the
right of the first section, and the Junior Warden on
left of the sev nth section-the Captain General will
then cominand-
Attention, Sir Knights-FORM PATRIARCHAL CROSS.
The chiefs of sections will immediately order their
respective sections as follows:
First Section-By the Right Flank File Left.
Second Section-Right Oblique.
Third Section-Left Oblique.
Fourth Section-By the Right Flank File Left.
Fifth Section-Right Oblique.
Sixth Section-Left Oblique.
Seventh Section-By the Right Flank File Left.
These preparatory orders given, the Captain General
will then command--MARCH-when the sections will
form the Patriarchal Cross. The guide banner at the
intersection of the upper arm of cross, and the stand-
ard guard at the intersection of the lower arm of cross.
The following diagram illustrates the cross formed:
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TO FORM CROSS OF SALEM ON THE MARCH.
To execute this movement, there should be ten (10)
sections, with competent guides. The Senior Warden
on the right of first section, the standard guard between
the fifth and sixth sections, and the Junior Warden on
the left of the tenth section.
The Captain General will then command-
Altention, Sir Knights-FORM CROSS OF SALEM.
The chiefs of sections will immediately order their
respective sections as follows:
First Section-By the Right Flank File Left.
Second Section--Right Oblique.
Third Section--Left Oblique.
Fourth Section-By the Right Flank File Loft.
Fifth Section-Right Oblique.
Sixth Section-Left Oblique.
Seventh Section By the Right Flank File Left.
Eighth Section-Right Oblique.
Ninth Section-Left Oblique.
PATRIARCHAL CROSS TO COLUMN OF SECTIONS.
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Tenth Section-By the Right Flank, File Left.
These preparatory commands given, the Captain
General will then command-MARCH-when the sec-
tions will form the Cross of Salem.
The following diagram illustrates the cross formed:
- 11 10 9
The same principles apply to the formation of the
Patriarchal Cross and Cross of Salem, as to the Passion
Cross. The Patriarchal Cross being the Passion Cross
with an additional bar, and the Cross of Salem the Patri-
archal Cross with an additional bar in the center. Great
care should be 'aken in selecting the guides to act as
chiels of sections; of having these movements executed
deliberately; to see that those Sir Knights, forming
the bars, keep well the alignments on center, and those
marching by file cover their file leaders. The music
should be changed to slow time during the execution of
and marching in form of crosses or triangle, and reduc-
ing same to sections.
TO REDUCE PATRIARCHAL CROSS TO COLUMN
OF SECTIONS ON THE MARCH.
The Captain General will command-
Attention, Sir Knights- By Sections into Column.
The chiefs of sections will immmediately order their
respective sections as follows:
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First Section-Left into Line.
Second Section-Left Oblique.
Third Section--Mark Time.
Fourth Section-Left into Line.
Fifth Section-Left Oblique.
Sixth Section-Mark Time.
Seventh Section-Left into Line.
When the Captain General will command-MARCH;
the cross is then broken into column of sections on
same principles as b eaking Passion Cross into sections.
(See diagram to reduce Passion Cross on page 98.)
TO REDUCE CROSS OF SALEM TO COLUMN OF
SECTIONS ON THE MARCH.
The same commands are given by the Captain Gen-
eral and the chiefs of sections as in reducing the
Patriarchal Cross, only there are three more sections,
the chiefs of which will give the following orders:
Eighth Section-Left Oblique.
Ninth Section-Mark Time.
Tenth Section-Left into Line.
The principles of forming and reducing crosses are
the same. The Passion Cross is formed from five
sections, the Patriarchal Cross from seven sections,
and the Cross of Salem from ten sections. After hav-
ing firt formed the Passion Cross and reduced it to
sections, the movement of adding the requisite bars to
form the Patriarchal Cross and the Cross of Salem, and
of reducing same to column of sections, will readily he
comprehended.
TO FORM LINE FROM COLUMN OF SECTIONS. 103
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11 10 9
3
7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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3 2
TO FORM LINE FROM COLUMN
OF SECTIONS AT A HALT.
The column having been halted, the
Captain General will command,
By Sections-Left into Line Wheel-
At this command the left guides will
caution the sections to left wheel, and
then face themselves to the front,
when the Captain General will com-
mand,
MARCH.
The sections will then wheel to the
left into line, the Standard Guard
wheeling at the same time, and taking
position to the front. The Senior
Warden will step to the right from the
first section its wheeling distance, and
on line with the guides of the sec-
tions.
The Junior Warden will pass to the
right and rear of his wing, so as
to take his position on the extreme
left when the wheeling is com-
pleted. The Eminent Commander and
Staff oblique to the left and come in
line according to rank.
The adjoining diagram illustrates
the movement:
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TO FORM TWO DIVISIONS BY THE FLANK FROM
COLUMN OF SECTIONS ON THE MARCH.
To reduce the front for any desired purpose, the
column being in sections on the march, and at close
interval, the Captain General will command,
Break in Two Divisions-By the Right Flank File Left→
MARCH.
At the command by the right flank file left, the
numbers one of each file of three composing the
sections will caution the Sir Knights of their re-
spective files to form two divisions by following them.
At the command MARCH, the numbers one will march
directly forward, while the numbers two and three
will face to the right and march in that direction until
they arrive at the turning point of number one, when
they will file to the left and march forward, covering
their file leaders. The Senior Warden and Junior
Warden will take their positions on the right of their
respective divisions; the Standard Guard continuing
the march, obliquing slightly to the right, so as to be
in centre of the divisions marching by the flank.
The following diagram on the left illustrates the
movement:
TO FORM DIVISIONS AND SECTIONS.
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2
3
6 4 5
3
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3 2
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TO FORM SECTIONS FROM TWO DIVISIONS ON
THE MARCH.
To form sections after having broken to two divisions
by the flank, the Captain General will command,
Divisions-Left Into Sections---MARCH.
At the command into sections, the numbers one will
caution the rear files that they have to come up into
line with him on his left; and at the command MARCH,
the numbers one continue to march directly forward
without change, while the numbers two and three
immediately step to the left and come up in line with
the numbers one, as they originally belonged, before
breaking into divisions. The Senior and Junior
Wardens then take their positions on the right of
their respective wings, the Standard Guard obliqueing
slightly to the left, so as to be in centre of the
sections in column.
The foregoing diagram on the right illustrates the
movement:
TO FORM IN TWO DIVISIONS, FACED TO THE
FRONT, FROM COLUMN OF SECTIONS AT
A HALT, FOR INSPECTION.
The column of sections being at a halt and inter-
vals closed to three files, the Captain General will
command,
Break Sections-Into Two Divisions-Outward Wheel
MARCH.
At the command Outward Wheel, the left and right
guides of the sections will caution the files in which
way they are to wheel. The left guide will then
face to the front, and the right guide to the rear,
the other Sir Knights will, at the command march,
wheel to the left and right of their respective guides.
The Senior and Junior Wardens will take their posi-
tions on the right of their respective divisions.
The following diagram on the left illustrates the
movement:
TO FORM IN TWO DIVISIONS FACED FRONT.
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3
2
6
4
5
7
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When the sections have been broken to the left and
right in two divisions-the second being faced to the
rear-the Captain General will command,
Second Division-About-FACE.
Right Dress-FRONT.
At the command FRONT, the Officers and Standard
Guard take their positions for inspection as before
explained, from two divisions.
The foregoing diagram on the right, illustrates the
movement completed.
TO FORM COLUMN OF SECTIONS FROM TWO
DIVISIONS, FACED TO THE FRONT, AT A
HALT-AFTER INSPECTION.
The command being in two divisions broken to the
front and rear, the Captain General will command,
First Division-About-FACE.
After this has been executed, he will command,
Attention, Sir Knights-Form Column-To the Rea:
by Sections.
TO FORM COLUMN OF SECTIONS.
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Inward Wheel-
At this command the guides
of each section will caution
the Sir Knights composing
their half section, to wheel to
right or left, and then face to
the rear, themselves, when
the Captain General will add,
MARCH.
The sections are now form-
ed to the rear, the Standard
Guard, Senior and Junior
Wardens about face with the
first division. The Captain
General will now command,
Attention, Sir Knights-Column
-About-FACE.
When the column of sections
is faced right in front, the
Captain General will then
command,
Officers-POSTS.
At the command PosTs, the
Standard Guard and Wardens
take their positions in the col-
umn as before.
The annexed diagram illus-
trates the movement.
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TO FORM TRIANGLE ON THE MARCH.
The Sir Knights being formed by threes, marching
in column by the flank, in files of three, the Captain
General will command,
Attention, Sir Knights-FORM TRIANGLE.
At this command the Senior Warden will step out to
the right and pass to the rear of the numbers one
(which constitutes the first division, the same as if it
had countermarched in forming the triangle in the
Asylum.) The Junior Warden will pass to the left
of his wing and take position in rear of the numbers
three, or third division. The Sword Bearer will pass
to the right and take position on the right of num
bers two, or second division. The Warden will pass
to the rear and take position on the left or rear of
the numbers two, and the Standard Bearer will keep
the position occupied by him in centre of the num-
bers two or second division-the same as in forming
for base of the triangle in the Asylum. The posi-
tions having been taken, the Sir Knights will remem-
ber that the basis of forming the triangle on the march,
is that after the countermarching of the first division,
and the second, having marched and arrived at the
base of the triangle as formed in the Asylum. The
numbers one now constitute the first, the numbers
two the second, and the numbers three the third
divisions.
The Senior Warden as soon as he arrives at the
rear of the numbers one, will command,
First Division, Right Oblique to your Post.
The Junior Warden will at the same time he arrives
on the rear of the numbers three, command,
Third Division, Left Oblique to your Post.
TO FORM TRIANGLE ON THE MARCH.
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The Sword Bearer will at the same time he arrives
on the right, face towards the numbers two, and cor
mand,
Second Division-Mark Time.
When the Captain General will add-
MARCH.
The following diagram illustrates the position of the
officers at the command MARCH:
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3
1
4
9
10
2
5
At the command MARCH, the leading files
of the first and third divisions will march
steadily forward, the second file of the
Dumbers one will oblique to the right
until a line from his left shoulder would
pass the right shoulder of his file leader,
and then forward, and so on through all
the numbers one, or first division. The
second file of the numbers three will
oblique to the left in same manner, and
on through all the numbers three, or
third division. The Sir Knights will take
distance from each other, the same as
that made by the second files, from the
first or leading files, being careful to pre-
serve the interval and augle on the march.
8 11 7 At the command MARCH, the numbers
two or the second division will mark time until the
movements of the first and third has uncovered them,
when the Sword Bearer will command,
so
Second Division, Left Into Line-MARCH.
At this command the numbers two will step to the
left of each other, and come up into line with the
Standard Bearer.
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The following diagram illustrates the partial open-
ing of the division, and the movement into line:
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8
TO FORM TRIANGLE ON THE MARCH.
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As soon as they are in line, he will command-
Right Oblique, to your Post-MARCH,
When the second division will oblique to the right
and close the triangle.
The following diagram illustrates the movement of
the second division obliquing to the right, after coming
into line:
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3
4
6 5
The Eminent Commander and Staff, while the move-
ments are being executed, will take position inside
the triangle, the Captain General forming the apex.
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The following diagram illustrates the triangle con-
pleted:
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3
1
4
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10
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The triangle should never be formed unless there
is sufficient area of ground to reduce the triangle to
column of threes, before changing direction to right
or left.
TO FORM COLUMN FROM TRIANGLE ON THE
MARCH.
The Captain General will command,
Form Column.
At this command the Senior Warden will order,
First Division, Left Oblique to your Post.
The Junior Warden will order,
Third Division, Right Oblique to your Post.
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The Sword Bearer will order,
Second Division, by the Right Flank File Left-Quick
Time.
The Captain General will then command,
MARCH.
The Senior and Junior Wardens will take their
positions on the right and respective wings. The
Sword Bearer will, as soon as the first file of his
division arrives abreast of the first files of threes,
being his former place, take his position on the right
of the Standard, the Warden at the same time taking
his position on the left of the Standard. The Emi-
nent Commander and Staff will take position on the
right at quick time. When completed the Captain
General will command,
By Sections Into Column -MARCH,
When the even numbered files of three will oblique
to the left, and come up abreast of the odd numbers,
and form column marching in sections. Guide Left.
RECEPTION AND ESCORT HONORS TO OTHER
COMMANDERIES.
To receive other Commanderies and show them
honors of escort, the Commandery performing such
escort duty will be formed by threes, and march in
that order to the place designated to receive the
visiting Commandery, then halt and face to the front;
officers on the right according to rank, one pace to
the front, the Standard Guard in front on line with
the officers. The visiting Commandery will be noti-
fied that the escort awaits its pleasure, and when it
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moves it will march to the right of the receiving Com-
mandery, halt and face to the front. On arriving to
within six paces of the left, the Captain General of
the receiving Commandery will command,
Attention, Sir Knights-Present-ARMS.
And after the visiting Commandery has passed to the
right, he will command,
Carry-ARMS.
He will now command,
Right-FACE-Forward-MARCH.
Incline to the Left in Front-MARCH.
When the receiving Commandery has marched
to the right of the visiting Commandery it will be
halted. The Commanderies being ready to move, the
Captain General will command,
Attention, Column-Forward-MARCH.
He will command, Guide Left-then
Into Sections-Form Column-MARCH,
And march to the place designated for further cere-
monies of reception by column of sections, the visit-
ing Commandery marching by threes or in sections,
as is desirable. When the right of the column has
arrived at the place of reception, the Captain Gene-
ral will command,
Column-HALT.
Attention, Sir Knights-Break Sections into Two Divi-
sions-Outward Wheel-MARCH. Altention, Sir
Knights-About-FACE-Officers- -POSTS.
RECEPTION AND ESCORT HONORS.
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At the command Posts, the Officers and Standard
will take their positions on the right, facing the open-
ing of the lines, the Eminent Commander in ad-
vance one pace of the Generalissimo and Captain
General. The Standard Guard and other Staff Officers,
one pace in rear, the Standard in centre of the line,
and the Wardens on the right. When the visiting
Commandery is ready to pass through the lines, the
Captain General of the receiving Commandery will
command,
Present-ARMS.
When the visiting Commandery has passed
through the lines and filed to the right or left, as the
case may be, he will command,
Carry-ARMS.
Attention, Sir Knights-First Division-About-FACE.
Second Division-Close Order MARCH.
Attention, Sir Knights-Right-FACE.
Forward-March,
And then file to the right or left as the case may be
and follow the visiting Commandery into the hall, if
any formal reception is to take place; after which the
ranks will be broken, and the Sir Knights exchange
courteous greeting.
If it is intended merely to escort the visiting Com-
mandery to the hall, the Commandery after the visi-
tors have passed through the lines, will form in
column of sections, instead of marching in two divi-
sions by the flank, on leaving their guests at the hall.
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FUNERAL HONORS.
The Eminent Commander having convened the Sir
Knights of the Commandery, they being in full uni-
form, pursuant to regulations, their sword hilts
dressed in mourning, and formed in three divisions,
faced to the front, with swords at a carry, six pall
bearers will be selected, and placed on the right,
being the first two files of three, the Standard
Guard placed on the right of these, with Standard
furled and dressed in mourning, the Officers of the
Commandery on the right of the Standard, according
to rank. The Senior Warden provided with a cross
of evergreen, and the Junior Warden with the arms
and chapeau of the deceased. These preparations con-
cluded and the Commandery being ready to move, the
Eminent Commander will say,
Attention, Sir Knight Warder. The Lines are no w
in your Hands-Lead on.
The Warder will then command,
Attention, Sir Knights-Left-FACE-Forward-MARCH.
The Commandery
will march to the residence
On arriving
at the house, the right (now left) in front, as the
Pall Bearers come abreast of the door, the Warder
will halt the command.
of the deceased, in this inversed order.
The Eminent Commander accompanied by the Gene-
ralissimo, Captain General, Junior Warden, and
the Pall Bearers, enter the house with swords at a
carry. The Eminent Commander formally receives
the body and places the arms and chapeau of the
deceased upon the coffin, the Pall Bearers at the same
time forming the cross of steel over the remains.
They return swords at will, carry and place the coffin
in the hearse, and take position on each side, acting
as escort.
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When the Eminent Commander enters the house
the Warder will command,
Parade-REST,
The Sir Knights standing thus while the remains
are being placed in the hearse, and during the funeral
roll of the drum.
Then the Warder will then command,
Carry-ARMS-Right-FACE-Reverse-SWORDS.
If funeral services take place at the house by a
clergyman, and other Pall Bearers have been selected
from among the friends of the deceased-the Sir
Knights Pall Bearers will take position on each side
of the bier, which has been placed directly in front
of the doorway, and on the sidewalk, the Eminent
Commander, Generalissimo and Captain General,
standing at the foot of the bier. The Eminent Com-
mander will formally receive the body as it is placed
upon the bier.
The Pall Bearers will stand at a carry
during the placing of the body, but will bring their
swords to a present when the Eminent Commander
places the arms and chapeau on the coffin, then
they will carry and return swords at will-place the
body in the hearse and take their posts as escort on
each side.
The remains of the Sir Knight being now in charge
of the Commandery, (the mourners and friends of
the deceased provided with conveyance to the grave,)
and ready to move, the Captain General will signal
the Warder by raising his sword perpendicular, the
hilt as high as the front of his chapeau; when the
Warder will command,
Column-Forward-MARCH,
The Standard Guard and Wardens in rear of the
hearse, the Eminent Commander and Staff in line
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behind, them, according to rank. On arriving at the
grave the Warder will command,
HALT-Recover-SWORDS.
The Captain General will now assume command.
He will command,
Attention, Sir Knights-About-FACE,
And then place the right of the divisions in position
to form a triangle around the grave, the base at the
foot. After the Eminent Commander and Prelate
have taken their position at the head of the coffin, the
Pall Bearers on each side of the grave faced inward,
the mourners at the foot and the Standard Guard
behind them, the Captain General will command,
Form Triangle,
When the chiefs of each division will give the prepar-
atory commands, and the Captain General add—
MARCH.
The Commandery will form triangle around the
grave, the band playing a suitable dirge; the Cap-
tain General closing the apex. When the Eminent
Commander arrives at that part of the Ritual, where
he says:
"And our arms can no more shield him from
wrong or oppression," the Sir Knights (with the ex-
ception of the Pall Bearers, who stand at a carry), will
voluntarily Return Swords, and when the Recorder
opens the book of records and says: "Thus it is
written," they will uncover with the left hand, place
the chapeau on the right shoulder and bow the head,
remaining uncovered during the balance of the cere
mony.
ESCORT TO OTHER MASONIC BODIES.
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The Captain General at the conclusion of the burial
service will command,
Attention, Sir Knights-RE-COVER- Handle-SWORDS-
Draw-Swords. Carry-ARMS. Present-ARMS.
The Pall Bearers will make the Arch of Steel over
the grave during the Present, and at the command
Carry Arms, will carry with the rest, and stand fast,
while the divisions are being re-formed right in front;
they will then take their proper places in their
respective divisions. The Commandery will now be
formed by threes, executing any movement desirable
on their return from the grave.
The following diagram illustrates the triangle and
positions at the grave:
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MOURNERS.
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ESCORT TO OTHER MASONIC BODIES.
Should there be other Masonic bodies in attend-
ance at a funeral, it may be deemed proper for the
Commandery to escort them to the residence of the
deceased, and to show the Chapter and Lodge honors
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at a halt. The Chapter having formed on the right
of the Lodge, the Commandery will form on the right
of the whole.
They will march in this manner to the residence of
the deceased, and when the Pall Bearers have
arrived abreast the door, the Warder will command,
HALT,
Face the Commandery to the front (now left,) with
space for the Chapter and Lodge to march past be-
tween the front of the Sir Knights, and the house.
The Warder, when the Chapter moves, will command,
Attention, Sir Knights-Present-ARMS
The Chapter will now pass to the right, and when
halted, the Lodge will move in front of Commandery
and Chapter, take the right and halt. The Warder
will now command,
Attention, Sir Knights-Carry-ARMS.
The column is now in proper order, according to
grade, to move after facing to the right. The cere-
monies and movements of the Commandery being the
same from this point, as before explained.
Where several Masonic bodies surround the grave
in performing the last sad rites of burial, it usually
happens that confusion is produced by not having an
understanding of the respective ceremonies about to
take place. Although the Knights Templar have a
distinctive ceremony of their Order, it is advisable
for those having charge of the different Masonic
bodies, to confer together before the cortege moves
to the cemetery, so as to have a full understanding of
the positions required by each Masonic body around
the grave.
The following diagram is suggestive of unity of
action on such occasions, and if Chapters and
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Lodges are formed in this manner, there can ve ne
confusion:
O NOVA SK
MASTERS. WARDENS, ac.
CHAPTER OFFICERS.
2
BRETHREN.
COMPANIONS,
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MOURNERS.
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COMPANIONS.
BRETHREN
TYLERS.
(The ceremony of casting the sprig of evergreen
can be made effective and still preserve unity, if the
Masters, Wardens, &c., will form as above, break
in two lines and pass on both sides of the grave,
marching by twos, and when reaching the Tyler's
station separate to their respective sides of the circle
and gain their original position.) The Commandery
will leave the grave without deranging the circle-
they will pass through the opening at the head-leav-
ing the other Masonic bodies to perform their respec-
tive funeral ceremonies, without disturbing their
position.
GRAND PARADE.
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If one or more Commanderies
are to be publicly inspected and
reviewed by a Grand Commander,
each will take position on
ground according to the number
of its charter, the oldest on the
right of the line, and will be formed
in two divisions from sections;
officers and Standard as annexed.
The point where the Grand Com-
mander is to take his station, should
be in front of, and opposite to, the
centre of the line of Commanderies,
and should be indicated by the
Grand Commandery Banner.
l'ints should be marked at a
distance from the station according
to the length of the line to be re-
viewed for wheeling, so that the
right flanks in marching past shall
be about four paces from the Grand
Commander.
The Commanderies being formed
in two divisions, broken from sec-
tions on the march before halting
in line, with swords at a carry, the
Grand Captain General will place
himself about fourteen paces in
front, opposite the centre of the
line, faced to the rear, and com-
mand,
Attention, Prepare for Inspection-To the Rear-Open
Order-MARCH-Officers-POSTS.
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GRAND PARADE.
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At the command open
order, the Junior War-
dens will step back
three paces; at the
command MARCH, the
second division will
fall back in line with
him, and right dress. At
the command-POSTS,
the Standard Guard,
Senior and Junior
Wardens will place
themselves three paces
in advance of the first
division, Treasurer on
the right of first
division, Recorder on
on the right of sec-
ond division, Prelate
on the right of the
Treasurer, the Gener-
alissimo six paces in
front of the centre of
the right wing, the
Captain General six
paces in front of the
centre of the left wing,
and the Eminent Com-
mander six paces in
front of the Standard,
all faced to the front.
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The above diagram illustrates the position of each
Commandery formed for Inspection.
The Commanderies will align upon the right as
formed. When the Grand Commander presents him-
self before the centre, or if he intimates his readi-
ness, the Grand Captain General will command,
Attention-Present-ARMS,
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Then resume his front, bringing his sword to a salute.
Officers will salute, Sir Knights will present, the
Standard will salute by dropping, the Trumpets will
sound the flourish, and the drums beat. The Grand
Commander having acknowledged the salute of the
line by raising his chapeau, the Grand Captain Gene-
ral will face about and command,
Attention-Carry--ARMS.
And again face to the front.
The Grand Commander, accompanied by his Staff,
will then go to the right, the whole remaining per-
fectly steady without paying any further compliment,
while he passes along the front, and proceeds around
the left flank to the right, then along the front of the
second division to the left, and along the rear of the
whole to the right. While the Grand Commander is
making the round of inspection the band will play.
If there are several bands, each will commence playing
when he reaches the right of the Commandery to
which it is attached, and will continue until another
takes up the strain, when it will cease; the same is
repeated as he approaches their rear. When the Grand
Commander has finished the inspection and has placed
himself at his station, the Grand Captain General
will command,
Attention-Close Order-MARCH
At the command close order, all the officers will
about face, and at the command MARCH, the Comman-
deries will close up the interval of three files of the
first division. Officers will resume their places as
before, in line.
The Grand Commander having taken his station by
the Bauner in front, the Grand Captain General will
command,
Attention-Prepare to Pass in Review
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The Commanderies will now form in column of sec-
tions, right in front; this completed, the Grand Cap-
tain General will command,
Attention, Column-Forward-Guide Right-MARCH.
The Grand Captain General will place himself
six paces in front of the Eminent Commander of the
leading Commandery, the music six paces in front of
the Grand Captain General. The Sir Knights should
keep their heads steady to the front, with swords at
a carry, in passing in review. The music will com-
mence playing on the right, at the command MARCH,
and after passing the Grand Commander, will wheel
to the left out of the column, take a position oppo-
site to, and facing him, and continue to play until the
Commandery to which it is attached shall have passed
him, when it will cease and follow in the rear. The
next band will take up the strain as soon as the pre-
ceding band shall have ceased playing; great care
should be taken that the cadence or time be not
changed.
The officers will cast their eyes towards the Grand
Commander, when they arrive within six paces of
him, and salute, recovering swords when six paces
past. The Sir Knights do not salute, but march
steadily forward with swords at a carry.
The Standards will salute when within six paces
of the Grand Commander, and be raised when six
past him.
The Grand Captain General when he has saluted at
the head of the column, will place himself near the
Grand Commander, and will remain there until the
column has passed, when he will direct it to the
ground it marched from, and command,
Column-HALT.
The column after halting will break into two
divisions, and form in two ranks at open order as at
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the beginning, the whole saluting the Grand Com.
mander, at the command,
Present ARMS,
from the Grand Captain General, who will then com-
mand,
Attention-Carry-ARMS - PARADE DISMISSED.
The Commanderies may then pass the Grand Com-
mander, executing such movements before him as
they desire. In forming cross, forming triangle, or
in the execution of any particular manoeuvre, the
evolutions should not be commenced until the right
of the command is on a line opposite the Grand Com-
mander.
In passing the Grand Commander a second time no
salute will be offered by either Officers or Standard.
Each Commandery in passing may execute without
regard to the others any movement, and in any order
they may agree upon.
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WORKING TEXT
JALEBIT
MAGN
KNIGHT OF THE RED CROSS
OFFICERS OF A COUNCIL OF KNIGHTS OF THE RED CROSS.
Sovereign Master, representing King Darius, in
the East; Chancellor, on the right, in the East;
Master of the Palace, on the left, in the East;
Prelate, on the right of the Chancellor; Master of
Cavalry, on the right, in front of the Master of
Finances, on the right of the first division when
separately formed, and on the right of the whole
when formed in line; Master of Infantry, on the
left, in front of the Master of Dispatches, on the
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right of the second division when separately formed,
and on the left of the whole when formed in line;
Master of Finances, on the right, in front of the
Chancellor; Master of Dispatches, on the left, in
front of the Master of the Palace; Standard Bearer,
in the West; Sword Bearer, on the right of the
Standard Bearer; Warder, on the left of the Stand-
ard Bearer three Guards at the several passes; and
Sentinel, outside the door.
PRAYER AT OPENING A COUNCIL.
O Thou eternal, immortal, and invisible Goa; we
would desire to come into Thy presence, at this time,
with grateful hearts, to render thanks and praise
for the wonderful display of Thy goodness and
mercy. Be Thou pleased, O God, to be with Thy
servants who are now assembled in Thy name; lift
upon each one of us the light of Thy countenance;
defend us from the evil intentions of our enemies,
while traveling the journey of life; and when we
shall finally come into Thy presence, to be freed
from the chains of sin, and the sackcloth of repent-
ance, be Thou merciful unto us, O God, not according
to our deserts, but according to our necessities; and
Thine shall be the praise, forever and ever. Amen.
Response.-So mote it be.
READING OF SCRIPTURE.
Now in the second year of their coming unto the
house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month,
began Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua,
the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their
brethren, the priests and Levites, and all they that
were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and
appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and
upward, to set forward the work of the house of the
Lord. Then stood Jeshua, with his sons and his
brethren, Kadmiel, and his sons, the sons of Judah,
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together, to set forward the workmen in the house
of God; the sons of Henedad, with their sons and
brethren, the Levites. And when the builders laid
the foundation of the temple of the Lord, they set
the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the
Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise
the Lord, after the ordinance of David, king of
Israel. And they sang together by course, in
praising and giving thanks unto the Lord, because
he is good, for his mercy endureth forever toward
Israel. And all the people shouted with a great
shout when they praised the Lord, because the
foundation of the house of the Lord was laid.-
Ezra iii.: 8-11.
Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin
heard that the children of the captivity builded the
temple unto the Lord God of Israel, then they came
to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and
said unto them, Let us build with you; for we seek
your God as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him,
since the days of Esarhaddon, king of Assur, which
brought us up hither. But Zerubbabel and Jeshua,
and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel,
said unto them, ye have nothing to do with us to
build an house unto our God; but we ourselves
together will build unto the Lord God of Israel, as
king Cyrus, the king of Persia, hath commauded us.
Then the people of the land weakened the hands of
the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,
and hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their
purpose, all the days of Cyrus, king of Persia, even
until the reign of Darius, king of Persia. And in
the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his
reign, wrote they unto him an accusation against the
inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem. And in the
days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath,
Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto
Artaxerxes, king of Persia; and the writing of the
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letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and inter-
preted in the Syrian tongue: Rehum, the Chancellor,
and Shimshai, the scribe, wrote a letter against
Jerusalem to Artaxerxes, the king, in this sort:
This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto
him, even unto Artaxerxes, the king:-Thy servants,
the men on this side the river, and at such a time.
Be it known unto the king, that the Jews, which
came up from thee to us, are come into Jerusalem,
building the rebellious and the bad city, and have
set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations.
Be it known now unto the king, that if this city be
builded, and the walls set up again, then will thev
not pay toll, tribute and custom, and so thou shalt
endamage the revenue of the kings. Now because
we have maintained from the king's palace, and it
was not meet for us to see the king's dishonor,
therefore have we sent and certified the king; that
search may be made in the book of the records of
thy fathers so that thou find in the book of the
records, and know that this city is a rebellious city,
and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they
have moved sedition within the same of old time;
for which cause was this city destroyed. We certify
the king, that if this city be builded again, and the
walls thereof set up, by this means thou shalt have
no portion on this side the river. Then sent the
king an answer unto Rehum, the chancellor, and to
Shimsbai, the scribe, and to the rest of their com-
panies that dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest
beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time.
letter which ye sent us hath been plainly read before
me. And I commanded, and search hath been made,
and it is found that this city of old time hath made
insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and
sedition have been made therein. There have been
mighty kings also over Jerusalem, which have ruled
over all countries beyond the river; and toll, tribute
and custom was paid unto them. Give ye now
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commandment to cause these men to cease, and that
this city be not builded, until another commandment
be given from me. Take heed now that ye fail not
to do this: why should damage grow to the hurt of
kings? Now, when the copy of king Artaxerxes'
letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai, the
scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste
to Jerusalem, unto the Jews, and made them to cease
by force and power. Then ceased the work of the
house of God, which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased
unto the second year of the reign of Darius, king
of Persia.-Ezra iv.
THE ROYAL BANQUET.
Darius, in the first year of his reign, gave a
splendid and magnificent entertainment to the
princes and nobility; and after they had retired,
finding himself unable to sleep, he fell into discourse
with his three favorite officers, to whom he proposed
certain questions, telling them, at the same time, that
he who should give him the most satisfactory answer
should be clothed in purple, drink in a golden cup,
wear a silken tiara, and a golden chain about his
neck.
He then proposed this question:-Which is the
greatest, the strength of wine, of the king, or of
women?
On the following day the king assembled together
the princes and nobility, to hear the question
debated; and having placed himself upon the royal
seat of judgment, he called upon them to make a
public defence of their several opinions.
THE STRENGTH OF WINE.
O ye princes and rulers, how exceeding strong is
wine! it causeth all men to err that drink it; it
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maketh the mind of the king and the beggar to be
all one; of the bondman and freeman; of the poor
man and of the rich; it turneth also every thought
into jollity and mirth, so that a man remembereth
neither sorrow nor debt; it changeth and elevateth
the spirits, and enliveneth the heavy hearts of the
miserable. It maketh a man forget his brethren,
and draw his sword against his best friends.
O ye
princes and rulers, is not wine the strongest, that
forceth us to do these things?
THE POWER OF KINGS.
It is beyond dispute, O princes and rulers, that
God has made man master of all things under the
sun; to command them, to make use of them, and to
apply them to his service as he pleases: but whereas
men have only dominion over other sublunary
creatures, kings have an authority even over men
themselves, and a right of ruling them by will and
pleasure. Now, he that is master of those who are
masters of all things else, hath no earthly thing
above him.
THE POWER OF WOMEN, AND OF TRUTH.
O princes and rulers, the force of wine is not to
be denied, neither is that of kings, that unites so
many men in one common bond of allegiance, but the
super-eminency of women is yet above all this for
kings are but the gifts of women, and they are also
the mothers of those that cultivate our vineyards.
Women have the power to make us abandon our very
country and relations, and many times to forget the
best friends we have in the world, and forsaking all
other comforts, to live and die with them. But
when all is said, neither they nor wine, nor kings,
are comparable to the almighty force of truth.
for all other things, they are mortal and transient,
but truth alone is unchangeable and everlasting; the
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benefits we receive from it are subject to no
variations or vicissitudes of time and fortune. In
her judgment is no unrighteousness, and she is the
strength, wisdom, power and majesty of all ages.
Blessed be the God of truth.
Response.-Great is truth, and mighty above ali
things. Ask what thou wilt, and I will give it thee,
because thou art found wisest among thy companions.
THE KING'S vow.
O king, remember thy vow, which thou hast
vowed, to build Jerusalem in the day when thou
shouldst come to thy kingdom, and to restore the
holy vessels which were taken away out of Jerusa-
lem. Thou hast also vowed to build up the temple,
which was burned when Judah was made desolate by
the Chaldees. And now, O king, this is that I desire
of thee, that thou make good the vow, the perform-
ance whereof with thine own mouth thou hast vowed
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KNIGHTSTEMPLAR
OFFICERS OF A COMMANDERY OF KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.
Eminent Commander, in the East; Generalissimo,
on the right, in the East; Captain General, on the left,
in the East; Prelare, on the right of the Generalissimo;
Senior Warden, at the S. W. angle of a triangle, on
the right of the first division when separat ly formed,
and on the right of the whole when formed in line;
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Junior Warden, at the N. W. angle of a triangle, on
the right of the second division when separately
formed, and on the left of the whole when formed in
line; Treasurer, on the right, in front of the Generalis-
simo; Recorder, on the left, in front of the Captain
General; Standard Bearer, Sword Bearer, Warder,
Three Guards, and Sentinel, the same as iu a Council
of Knights of the Red Cross.
PRAYER AT OPENING A COMMANDERY.
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy
Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on
earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily
bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive
those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into
temptation; but deliver us from evil. For Thine is
the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever
and ever. Amen.
EXHORTATION AT OPENING.
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into
divers temptations; knowing this, that the trying of
your faith worketh patience. But let patience have
her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire,
wanting nothing. If any of you lack wisdom, let
him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and
upbraideth not, and it shall be given him. But let
him ask in faith, nothing wavering, for he that
wavereth is like a wave of the sea, driven with the
wind, and tossed. For let not that man think that
he shall receive anything of the Lord. A double-
minded man is unstable in all his ways. Let the
brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted.
If any man among you seem to be religious, and
bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart,
that man's religion is vain. Pure religion and
undefiled, before God and the Father, is this: To
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visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction,
and to keep himself unspotted from the world.-
James i: 2-10, 26, 27.
1. Exhortation.
I greet thee
Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have
give I unto thee.
Hearken to a lesson to cheer thee on thy way, and
assure thee of success.
And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and
took bread and a bottle of water and gave it unto
Hagar (putting it on her shoulder) and the child,
and sent her away, and she departed and wandered
in the wilderness, and the water was spent in the
bottle, and she cast the child under one of the
shrubs; and the angel of God called to Hagar out
Heaven, saying, Arise, lift up the lad and hold him
in thine hand, for I will make him a great nation:
and God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of
water. By faith Abraham sojourned in the land of
promise as in a strange country, dwelling in taberna-
cles; for he looked for a city which had foundations,
whose builder and maker is God. Be ye therefore
followers of God, as dear children. rejoicing in the
Lord always; and again I say, rejoice.
Farewell......
.God speed thee on thy way.
2. Exhortation.
........I greet thee.
If a brother or sister be naked and destitute of
daily food, and one of you say, Depart in peace, be
ye warmed and filled, and ye give them not of those
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things which are needful for the body, what doth it
profit? To do good and communicate, forget not. for
with such sacrifices God is well pleased. Beware,
lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain
deceit, after the traditions of men; after the rudi-
ments of the world, and not after Christ: for in him
dwelleth all the fulness of the godhead bodily.
Farewell.......
.God speed thee on thy way.
3. Exhortation.
...I greet thee.
He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that
receiveth me receiveth him that sent me. Come unto
me all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will
give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn of
me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye shall
find rest unto your souls, for my yoke is easy and my
burden is light. Whosoever shall give to drink unto
one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in
the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you he shall
in no wise lose his reward.
Farewell...................God speed thee on thy way.
THE APOSTACY OF JUDAS ISCARIOT.
Then one of the twelve called Judas Iscariot, went
unto the chief priests, and said unto them, What will
ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And
they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
And from that time he sought opportunity to betray
him. Now the first day of the feast of unleavened
bread, the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him,
where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the
passover? And he said, Go into the city to such a
man, and say unto him, The master saith, My time is at
hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my
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disciples. And the disciples did as Jesus had ap-
pointed them, and they made ready the passover.
Now when the even was come, he sat down with the
twelve. And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say
unto you, that one of you shall betray me. And
they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every
one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I? And he
answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me
in the dish, the same shall betray me. The Son of
man goeth, as it is written of him: but wo unto that
man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! It had
been good for that man if he had not been born.
Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said,
Master, is it I? He said unto him, Thou hast said.-
Matt. xxvi. 14-25, 36-49.
THE BITTER CUP.
Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called
Gethseinane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here,
while I go and pray yonder.
And he took with him
Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be
sorrowful and very heavy. Then saith he unto them,
My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death:
tarry ye here, and watch with me. And he went a
little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, say-
ing, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass
from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt.
And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them
asleep, and saith unto Peter, What! could ye not
watch with me one hour? Watch and pray that ye
enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is will-
ing, but the flesh is weak. He went away again the
second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father if this
cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it,
thy will be done. And he came and found them
asleep again; for their eyes were heavy. And he
left them, and went away again, and prayed the third
time, sag the same words. Then cometh he to his
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disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and
take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the
Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
Rise, let us be going: behold he is at hand that doth
betray me. And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one
of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude,
with swords and staves, from the chief priests and
elders of the people. Now he that betrayed him
gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss,
that same is he: hold him fast. And forthwith he
came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed him.
THE CRUCIFIXION.
When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but
rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed
his hands before the multitute, saying, I am innocent
of the blood of this just person; see ye to it. Then
answered all the people and said, His blood be on us,
and on our children. Then he released he Barabbas
unto them and when he had scourged Jesus, he de-
livered him to be crucified. Then the soldiers of
the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and
gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. And
they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.
And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they
put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand:
and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked
him, saying, Hail king of the Jews! And they spit
upon him, and took the reed and smote him on the head.
And after that they had mocked him, they took the
robe off from him and put his own raiment on him,
and led him away to crucify him. And as they came
out they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name:
him they compelled to bear his cross. And when
they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is
to say, A place of a skull, they gave him vinegar to
drink, mingled with gall: and when he had tasted
thereof he would not drink. And they crucified him,
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and parted his garments, casting lots. And sitting
down, they watched him there; and set up over his
head his accusation written, This is Jesus the King of
the Jews.-Matt. xxvii. 24 38.
THE RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION.
Although it is appointed unto all men once to die,
yet, as the Scriptures inform, the Saviour of the
world arose from the dead and ascended up into
heaven, there forever seated on the throne of majesty
on high, so they also assure us, that all who have.
received Him for their righteousness and put their
trust in Him, shall rise to life everlasting. "In the
end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the
first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene, and the
other Mary, to see the sepulchre. And behold, there
was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord
descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the
stone from the door and sat upon it. His counte-
nance was like lightning, and his raiment white as
snow: And for fear of him the keepers did sbake
and become as dead men. And the angel answered
and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know
that ye seek Jesus which is cru ified. He is not here,
for he has risen as he said. Come see the place
where the Lord lay and go quickly and tell his dis-
ciples that he is risen from the dead; and behold, he
goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see
him lo, I have told you. And they departed
quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy,
and did run to bring his disciples word.. And as they
went to tell his disciples, behold Jesus met them,
saying, All hail. And they came and held him by
the feet and worshipped him.
:
And he led them out
as far as to Bethany; and he lifted up bis hands and
blessed them. And it came to pass while he blessed
them, he was parted from them and carried up into
heaven. And they worshipped him, and returned to
Jerusalem with great joy.'
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THE ELECTION OF MATTHIAS.
And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of
the disciples, and said (the number of the names
together were about an hundred and twenty), Men
and brethren, this Scripture must needs have been
fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost, by the mouth of
David, spake before, concerning Judas, which was
guide to them that took Jesus. For he was numbered
with us, and had obtained a part of this ministry.
Now this man purchased a field with the reward of
his iniquity; and, falling headlong, he burst asunder
in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out. And it
was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem: inso-
much as that field is called, in their proper tongue,
Aceldama, that is to say, the field of blood. For it
is written in the Book of Psalms, Let his habitation
be desolate, and no man dwell therein; and his
bishopric let another take. Wherefore, of these
men which have companied with us all the time that
the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, beginning
from the baptism of Jobn, unto that same day that
he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be
a witness with us of his resurrection.
And they ap-
pointed two, Joseph, called Barsabas, who was sur-
named Justus, and Matthias. And they prayed and
said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all
men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,
that he may take part of this ministry and apostle-
ship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he
might go to his own place. And they gave forth their
lots: and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was num-
bered with the eleven apostles.-Acts i: 15 26.
EXHORTATION AT CLOSING.
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in
the power of his might. Put on the whole armor of
God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles
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of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and
blood, but against principalities and powers; against
the rulers of the darkness of the world; against
spiritual darkness in high places. Wherefore take
unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be
able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all,
to stand. Stand, therefore, with your loins girt about
with truth. And having on the breastplate of right-
eousness. And your feet shod with the preparation
of the gospel of peace. Above all, taking the shield
of faith, wherewith you shall be able to quench the
fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of
salvation. And the sword of the Spirit, which is the
word of God.-Eph. vi: 10-17.
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DOMINUS
KNIGHT OF MALTA
OFFICERS OF A COUNCIL OF KNIGHTS OF MALTA.
Eminent Commander, Generalissimo, Captain Gen-
eral, Prelate, Senior Warden, Junior Warden, Trea-
surer, Recorder, First Guard, Second Guard, Standard
Bearer, Sword Bearer, Warder, and Sentinel.
THE SHIPWRECK OF ST. PAUL.
And when they were escaped, then they knew that
the island was called Melita. And the barbarous
people showed us no little kindness: for they kindled
a fire and received us every one; because of the pres-
ent rain, and because of the cold. And when Paul
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had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the
fire, there came a viper our of the heat and fastened
on his hand. And when the barbarians saw the
venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among
hemselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom,
though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suf-
fereth not to live. And he shook off the beast into
the fire, and felt no harm. Howbeit, they looked
when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead
suddenly; but after they had looked a great while,
and saw no harm come to him, they changed their
minds, and said that he was a god.-Acts xxviii: 1-6.
And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross.
And the writing was, Jesus of Nazareth the King of
the Jews.-John xix: 19.
THE UNBELIEF OF THOMAS.
But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus,
was not with them when Jesus came. The other dis-
ciples, therefore said unto him, We have seen the
Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in
his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger
into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into
his side, I will not believe. And after eight days,
again his disciples were within, and Thomas with
them Then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and
stood in the midst, and said, Peace be with you. Then
said he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and be-
hold my hands: and reach hither thy hand, and
thrust it into my side; and be not faithless, but
believing. And Thomas answered and said unto him,
My Lord and my God John xx: 24-28
CHARGE TO A NEWLY-CREATED SIR KNIGHT.
Sir Knight: Having passed through the several
degress of our ancient and honorable institution, we
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bid you a hearty welcome to all our rights and priv-
ileges, even to that disinterested friendship and un-
bounded hospitality which ever has, and we hope and
trust ever will continue to adorn, distinguish, and
characterize this noble Order.
It will henceforth become your duty to assist, pro-
tect, and defend the weary, way worn traveller who
finds the heights of fortune inaccessible, and thorny
paths of life broken, adverse, and forlorn,—to suc-
cor, defend, and protect the innocent, the distressed,
and the helpless, ever standing forth as a champion to
espouse the cause of the Christian Religion.
You are to inculcate, enforce, and practise virtue;
and amid all the temptations which surround you,
never to be drawn aside from the path of duty, or
forgetful of those due guards and pass words, which
are necessary to be had in perpetual remembrance;
and while one hand is wielding the sword for the de-
fence of your Companion in danger, let the other
grasp the mystic Trowel, and widely diffuse the
genuine cement of Brotherly Love and Friendship.
Should calumny assail the character of a Brother
Sir Knight, recollect that you are to step forth and
vindicate his good name, and assist him on all lawful
occasions. Should assailants ever attempt your honor,
interest, or happiness, remember, also, that you have
the counsel and support of your brethren, whose
mystic swords, combining the virtues of Faith, Hope,
and Charity, with Justice, Fortitude, and Mercy, will
leap from their scabbards in defence of your just
rights, and insure you a glorious triumph over all
your enemies.
On this occasion permit me, Sir Knight, to remind
you of our mutual engagements, our reciprocal ties;
for whatever may be your situation or rank in life,
you may find those in similar stations, who have
dignified themselves and been useful to mankind. You
are, therefore, called upon to discharge all your
duties with fidelity and patience, whether in the Field.
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in the Senate, on the Bench, at the Bar, or at the Holy
Altar. Whether you are placed upon the highest
pinnacle of worldly grandeur, or glide into the hum-
ble vale of obscurity, unnoticed, save by a few, it
matters not; for a few rolling suns will close the
scene, when naught but holiness will serve as a sure
passport to gain admission into that REST prepared
from the foundation of the world.
If you see a Brother bending under the cross
of adversity and disappointment, look not idly on,
neither pass by on the other side, but fly to his relief.
If he be deceived, tell him the Truth; if he be calum-
niated, vindicate his cause; for, although he may
have erred, still recollect that indiscretion in him
I should never destroy humanity in you.
Finally, Sir Knight, as memento mori is deeply en-
graved on all sublunary enjoyments, let us ever be
found in the habiliments of righteousness, travers-
ing the straight path of rectitude, virtue and true
holiness; so that, having discharged our duty here
below, performed the pilgrimage of life, burst the
bands of mortality, passed over the Jordan of death,
and safely landed on the broad shore of eternity,
there, in the presence of myriads of attending angels,
we may be greeted as brethren, received into the arms
of the BLESSED IMMANUEL, and forever made to par-
ticipate in his HEAVENLY KINGDOM.
BURIAL SERVICE
OF THE
ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD,
AS ADOPTED BY THE
GRAND COMMANDERY OF OHIO,
AND RECOMMENDED BY THE
GRAND ENCAMPMENT OF KNIGHTS TEMPLAR OF THE
UNITED STATES.
GENERAL REGULATIONS.
1. No Sir Knight can be buried with the funeral
honors of Knighthood, unless he be a Knight Templar,
in regular standing.
2. It shall be the duty of the Eminent Commander to
convene the Sir Knights of the Commandery, upon
notice of the death of a Sir Knight who may be entitled
to receive funeral honors, upon request, made when
living or by his family after his decease, for the pur-
pose of attending the funeral ceremonies.
3. Sir Knights, on such occasions, will attend in
full uniform, pursuant to the regulations; their sword-
hilts and the banner of the Commandery suitably
dressed in mourning.
4. On the coffin of the deceased Sir Knight will be
placed his hat and sword; and if an officer, his jewel,
trimmed with crape.
5. The Eminent Commander will preside during the
services, and assisted by the Prelate, lead in the cere-
monies, pursuant to the Ritual. If Grand Officers or
Past Grand Officers be present, they will be allotted
a place in the procession according to their rank; and
if the Grand Prelate or Past Grand Prelate be pres-
ent, he will take the place of the Prelate.
6. The Sir Knights will assemble at their Asylum,
and march to the residence of the deceased, in the
usual order of processions; the line being headed by
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the Warder, and the officers being in the rear, accord-
ing to rank; that is, the Eminent Commander last; the
Prelate being preceded by the Holy Writings, carried
on a cushion, and the arms and bat of the deceased
borne in the rear of the Eminent Commander. On
arriving at the house, the lines are opened, and the
Eminent Commander passes to the front, and receives
the body, placing the hat and sword on the coffin,
as above directed.
7. The procession is then formed as before; and
the body, with the mourners and citizens present,
being in the rear of the Sir Knights, and in front of
the Officers. If the services are performed at a
church or place of public worship, the procession,
on arriving will enter in reversed order, the Eminent
Commander and Prelate with the other Officers
preceding the body and mourners.
8. When the public or religious services are con-
cluded, the face of the deceased will be uncovered,
and the Sir Knights (or a detachment of them) will
form the "cross of steel" over the body, the Eminent
Commander, with the Prelate, being at the head of
the coffin, and the other Officers at the foot.
9. When more convenient or desirable, the part of
the service before going to the grave, as here indi-
cated, may be performed at the house of the deceased,
or be deferred till at the grave.
RITUAL.
E. Commander.
SIR KNIGHTS: In the solemn rites
of our Order, we have often been reminded of the
great truth, that we were born to die. Mortality has
been brought to view, that we might more earnestly
seek an immortality beyond this fleeting life, where
death can come no more forever. The sad and
mournful funeral knell has betokened that another
spirit has winged its flight to a new state of exist-
ence. An alarm has come to the door of our Asy-
lum, and the messenger was death; and none pre-
sumed to say to the awful presence: "Who dares
approach ?" A pilgrim warrior has been summoned,
and there is no discharge in that war." A burning
taper of life, in our Commandery, has been extin-
guished, and none, save the High and Holy One, can
re-light it. All that remains of our beloved Com-
panion Sir Knight lies mute before us, and the light
of the eye, and the breathing of the lips, in their lan-
guage of fraternal greeting, have ceased for us for-
ever, on this side of the grave. His sword, vowed
only to be drawn in the cause of truth, justice and
rational liberty, reposes still in its scabbard, and
our arms can no more shield him from wrong and
oppression.
The Sir Knights here return arms.
It is meet, at such a time, that we should be silent,
and let the words of the Infinite and Undying speak,
that we may gather consolation from His revelations,
and impress upon our minds lessons of wisdom and
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instruction, and the meetness of preparation for the
last great change which must pass upon us all.
Let us be reverently attentive while Sir Knight our
Prelate, reads to us a lesson from the Holy Scrip-
tures.
Prelate. Help, Lord! for the faithful fail from
among the children of men.
Response. Help us, oh Lord.
Prelate. The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth,
and delivereth them out of their troubles.
Response.dear us, oh Lord.
Prelate. The Lord is nigh unto them that are of
a broken heart, and saveth such as be of a contrite
spirit.
Response. Be nigh unto us, oh Lord.
Prelate. The Lord redeemeth the soul of His
servants; and none of them that trust in Him shall
be desolate.
Response. Redeem us, oh Lord.
Prelate. For I will not trust in my bow, neither
shall my sword save me.
Response. Redeem us, oh Lord.
Prelute. But God will redeem my soul from the
power of the grave; for He shall receive me.
Respones. Redeem us, oh Lord.
Prelate. Wilt Thou show wonders to the dead?
Shall the dead arise and praise Thee? Shall Thy lov-
ing kindness be declared in the grave? or Thy faith-
fulness in destruction?
Response. Save us, oh Lord.
Prelate. We spend our days as a tale that is told.
The days of our years are threescore years and ten;
and, if by reason of strength, they be fourscore
years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow, for it
is soon cut off, and we fly away.. So teach us to num-
ber our days, that we may apply our hearts unto
wisdom.
Response. Teach us, oh Lord.
Prelate. For He knoweth our frame; He remem-
bereth we are dust. As for man, his days are as
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grass; as a flower of the field be flourisheth. For
the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the
place thereof shall know it no more.
But the mercy
of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon
them that fear Him.
Response. Show mercy, oh Lord.
Prelate. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all
be changed; in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye,
at the last trump; for the trumpet shall sound, and
the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall
be changed. For this corruptible must put on incor-
ruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
So when this corruption shall have put on incorrup-
tion, and this mortal shall have put on immortality,
then shall be brought to pass the saying that is writ-
ten, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death,
where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
Response. O death, where is thy sting? O grave,
where is thy victory?
Prelate. The sting of death is sin; and the strength
of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth
us the victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Response. Thanks be to God.
E. Commander. Shall the memory of our departed
brother fade from among men ?
Response. It is cherished in our soul forever.
E. Commander. Shall no record be left of his vir-
tues and worth?
Response. It is inscribed upon our hearts; it is
written in our archives; the heart may cease to
throb, and the archives may moulder and decay, but
the tablets of the recording angel on high ean never
perish.
The Recorder here opens the book of Records of the
Commandery, on which a page is set apart, suitably in-
scribed, and says:
Thus it is written.
The Sir Knights uncover, and bow their heads.
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E. Commander. He was
a true and courteous
Knight, and has fallen in life's struggle full knightly,
with his armor on, prepared for knightly deeds.
Prelate. Rest to his ashes and peace to his soul.
Response. Rest to his ashes and peace to his soul.
Prelate. Sovereign Ruler of the Universe! into
Thy hands we devoutly and submissively commit the
departed spirit.
Response. Thy will be done, oh God.
The following Hymn will be sung:
Precious in the sight of Heaven
Is the scene where Christians die;
Souls, with all their sins forgiven,
To the courts of glory fly;
Every sorrow, every burden,
Every Cross, they lay it down,
Jesus gives them riches guerdon,
In his own immortal crown.
Here above our brother weeping,
Through our tears we seize this hope:
He in Jesus sweetly sleeping,
Shall awake to glory up.
He has borne his Cross in sorrow-
Weary Pilgrim, all forlorn-
When the sun shines bright to-morrow
'T will reveal his sparkling crown.
Knights of Christ! your ranks are broken!
Close your front-the Foe is nigh!
Shield to shield, behold the Token,
As he saw it in the sky!
By this sign, so bright, so glorious,
You shall conquer! if you strive;
And like him, though dead, victorious,
In the sight of Jesus live.
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The following Prayer will then be made by the Prelate,
(or an extemporaneous Prayer may be made by him, or by
any Clergyman present, as may be preferred):
FATHER OF LIGHTS! In this dark and trying hour
of calamity and sorrow, we humbly lift our hearts to
Thee. Give us, we pray, that light which cometh
down from above. Thou hast mercifully said, in Thy
holy word, that the bruised reed Thou wouldst not
break; remember in mercy, oh Lord, before Thee. [Be
Thou, at this hour, the Father of the fatherless, and the
widow's God. Administer to them the consolations
which they so sorely need.] Cause us to look away
from these sad scenes of frail mortality, to the hopes
which lie beyond the grave, and bind us yet closer
together in the ties of brotherly love and affection.
While we see how frail is man, and how uncertain the
continuance of our lives upon the earth, and are re-
minded of our own mortality, lead us, by Thy grace
and spirit, to turn our thoughts to those things which
make for our everlasting peace; and give us a frame
of mind to make a proper improvement of all the
admonitions of Thy providence, and fix our thoughts
more devotedly on Thee, the only sure refuge in time
of need. And at last, when our eartly pilgrimage
shall be ended, "when the silver cord shall be loosed,
and the golden bowl be broken," oh wilt Thou, in
that moment of mortal extremity, be indeed Immanuel
-Christ with us; may "the lamp of Thy love" dispel
the gloom of the dark valley, and we be enabled, by
the commendations of Thy Son, to gain admission
into the blessed Asylum above; and in Thy glorious
presence, amidst its ineffable mysteries, enjoy a
union with the spirits of the departed, perfect as is
the happiness of heaven, and durable as the eternity
of God. Amen.
Response. Amen, and Amen, and Amen.
The procession will then form and march to the place
of interment, in the same order as before.
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On arriving at the place, while forming in order, a
suitable Dirge or the following liymn may in sung:
AIR-Pleyel & Hymn.
Softly, sadly bear him forth,
To his dark and silent bed:
Weep not that he 's lust to earth,
Weep not that his spirit 's filed
By our trials, hope and fear;
By our anguish keenly felt :
Let us trust God will be near,
When we're at bis altar knelt.
This, our brother, gone before,
May we in remembrance keep,
Hoping, as time passes o'er,
We shall meet where none e'er weep.
Sadly now we leave his form,
In the tomb to moulder still;
Hoping, in th'eternal morn,
Christ His promise will fulfil.
One last look-one parting sigh;
Ah, too sad for words to tell;
Yet, tho' tears now dim each eye,
Hope we still, and sigh, farewell!
On reaching the grave, the Sir Knights will form a
triangle around it, the buse being at the foot, the E Com-
mander und Prelate being at the head, and the friends and
relatives at the foot, and the service will thus proveed:
Prelate. SIR KNIGHTS: There is one sacred spot
upon the earth where the footfalls of our march are
unheeded; our trumpets quicken no pulse, and incite
no fear; the rustling of our banners, and the gleam
of our swords awaken no emotion-It is the silent
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city of the dead, where we now stand. Awe rests
upon every heart, and the stern warrior's eyes are
bedewed with feelings which never shame his man-
hood. It needs no siege, nor assault, nor beleaguer-
ing host to enter its walls; we fear no sortie, and
listen for no battle shout. No Warder's challenge
greets the ear, nor do we wait awhile with patience
for permission to enter.
Hither must we all come at last; and the stoutest
heart and the manliest form that surrounds me will
then be led a captive without title or rank, in the
chains of mortality and the habiliments of slavery to
the King of Terrors.
But if he has been faithful to the Captain of his
salvation, a true soldier of the Cross; if he has
offered suitable gifts at the shrine of his departed
Lord, and bears the signet of the Lion of the tribe
of Judah, then may he claim to be of that princely
house, and to be admitted to audience with the Sove-
reign Master of Heaven and Earth. Then will he be
stripped of the chains of earthly captivity, and
clothed in a white garment, glistening as the sun,
and be seated with princes and rulers, and partake of
a libation, not of death and sorrow, but of that wine
which is drank forever new in the Father's kingdom
above.
We cannot come here without subdued hearts and
softened affections. Often, as the challenge comes
which takes from our side some loved associate, some
cherished companion in arms, and often as the trum-
pet sounds its wailing notes to summon us to the
death-bed, and the brink of the sepulchre, we cannot
contemplate "the last of earth unmoved. Each
successive death-note snaps some fibre which binds
us to this lower existence, and makes us pause and
reflect upon that dark and gloomy chamber where we
must all terminate our pilgrimage. Well will it be
for our peace then, if we can wash our hands, not
only in token of sincerity, but of every guilty stain,
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and give honest and satisfactory answers to the ques-
tions required.
The sad and solemn scene now before us stirs up
these recollections with a force and vivid power which
we have hitherto unfelt. He who now slumbers in
that last, long, unbroken sleep of death, was our bro-
ther. With him have we walked the pilgrimage of
life, and kept ward and watch together in its vicissi-
tudes and trials. He is now removed beyond the
effect of our praise or censure.
That we loved him,
our presence here evinces, and we reuiember him ia
scenes to which the world was not witness, and where
the better feelings of humanity were exhibited with-
out disguise. That he had faults, and foibles, is but
to repeat what his mortality demonstrates that be
had a human nature, not divine. Over these errors,
whatever they may have been, we cast, while living,
the mantle of charity; it should, with much more
reason, enshroud him in death. We who have been
taught to extend the point of charity, even to a foe,
when fallen, cannot be severe or merciless towards a
loved brother.
The memory of his virtues lingers in our remem-
brance, and reflects its shining lustre beyond the
portals of the tomb. The earthen vase which has
contained precious odors will lose none of its fra-
grance, though the clay be broken and shattered.
So be it with our brother's memory.
The Junior Warden then removes the sword and har
from the coffin, which last will then be lowered into the
grave, while the Prelate repeats as follows:
Prelate. "I am the resurrection, and the life: ne
that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall
he live; and whosoever liveth, and believeth in me,
shall never die." To the earth we commit the mortal
remains of our deceased brother, as we have already
commended his soul to his Creator, with humble sub-
mission to Divine Providence. (Here cast some earth
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on the coffin.) Earth to earth; (here cast again,) ashes
to ashes; (here cast more carth,) dust to dust; till the
morn of the resurrection, when, like our arisen and
ascended Redeemer, he will break the bonds of death,
and abide the judgment of the great day. Till then,
friend, brother, Sir Knight, Farewell! Light be the
ashes upon thee, and "may the sunshine of Heaven
beam bright on thy waking!"
Response. Amen, and Amen, and Amen.
The Junior Warden then presents the sword to the E.
Commander, who says:
E. Commander. Our departed brother Sir Knight
was taught, while living, that this sword in his hands,
as a true and courteous Knight, was endowed with
three most estimable qualities: its hilt with justice
impartial; its blade with fortitude undaunted; and
is point with mercy unrestrained. To this lesson,
with its deep emblematical significance, we trust
he gave wise heed. He could never grasp it without
being reminded of the lively significance of the attri
butes it inculcated. He has borne the pangs of dis-
solving nature-may we trust that it was with the
same fortitude that he sustained the trials of this
passing existence; to his name and memory be justice
done, as we hope to receive the like meed ourselves;
and may that mercy unrestrained, which is the glori
ous attribute of the Son of God, interpose in his be-
half to blunt the sword of Divine justice, and admit
him to the blessed companionship of saints and angels
in the realms of light, and life.
Response. Amen, and Amen, and Amen!
The Senior Warden then presents a Cross to the Prelate
who says:
Prelate. This symbol of faith-the Christian's
hope and the Christian's faith-we-again place upon
the breast of our brother, there to remain till the last
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trumpet shall sound, and earth and sea yield up their
dead. Though it may, in the past history of our
race, have been perverted at times into an ensign of
oppression, and crime, and wrong; though it may
been made the emblem of fraud, and superstition,
and moral darkness, yet its significance still remains
as the badge of the Christian warrior. It calls to
mind Gethsemane and its sorrowful garden, the
judgment-hall of Pilate, and the pitiless crown of
thorns; Golgotha and Calvary, and their untold
agonies, that fallen man might live and inherit ever-
lasting life. If an inspired Apostle was not ashamed
of the Cross, neither should we be; if he gloried in
the significance of the truths it shadowed forth, so
ought we to rejoice in it as the speaking witness of
our reliance beyond the grave. May this hope of the
living have been the anchor to the soul of our depart-
ed brother-the token to admit him to that peaceful
haven "where the wicked cease from troubling and
the weary are at rest."
Response. Amen, and Amen, and Amen.
The Prelate then casts the Cross into the grave, and con-
tinues:
Prelate. The Orders of Christian Knighthood were
instituted in a dark period of the world's history,
but their mission was high and holy. To succor
and protect the sorrowing and destitute, the in-
nocent and oppressed, was their vow and their life-
long labor and duty. For long, long years they
well and nobly performed their vows and did their
devoirs. In those rude ages the steel blade was
oftener the arbiter of justice, than the judgments of
judicial tribunals or the decrees of magistrates. So
long as the Templars adhered to their vows of poverty,
they were virtuous and innocent, and their language
was in truth, "Silver and gold have I none, but such
as I have, give I unto thee." But, with the acces-
sion of wealth and civil power, they were tempted,
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and fell from their high estate, and their possessions
attracted the cupidity, and their prowess incurred
the batred of the despots of those times. When the
martyred De Molay had perished, and the Order was
proscribed, they united with the fraternity of Free
and Accepted Masons, and returned to their primi-
tive simplicity of manners; and a rough habit, coarse
diet, and severe duty, was all that was offered to
their votaries.
In our land, we have perpetuated only the distinc-
tive rites, with the appellations and regulations of
the defenders of the Holy Sepulchre -the early
champions and soldiers of the Cross-and this as a
guerdon of merit, not a badge of rank. The sword
in our hands is more as a symbol of the duties we
are vowed to fulfill, than as an instrument of assault
or defence. We claim to exercise practical virtues
in the holy bonds of our coufraternity, in humble
imitation of those renowned knights of the olden
time; for there is still in this refined age, innocence
to be guarded, widowed hearts to be relieved of their
burdens, and orphanage to be protected from the
chill blasts of a wintry world; and to be true and
courteous is not limited to any age or crime.
Our brother, whose cold and lifeless remains have
just been committed to the earth, was one of our fra-
ternal hand, bound by the same ties and pledged to
the same duties. To his bereaved and mourning
friends and relatives we have but little worldly con-
solation to offer, but we do tender to them our heart-
felt sympathies. And if the solemn and interesting
ceremonies in which we have been engaged have not
pointed to them a higher hope and a better consola-
tion, then all our condolence would be in vain.
Sir Knight companions, let us pray:
ALMIGHTY AND MOST MERCIFUL GOD! We adore Thee
as the Sovereign Ruler of all events, both in time and
for eternity. As it hath pleased Thee to take from
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our ranks one dear to our hearts, we beseech Thee to
bless and sanctify unto us this dispensation of Thy
providence. Inspire our hearts with wisdom from on
high, that we may glorify Thee in all our ways. May
we have Thy divine assistance, oh, most merciful God!
to redeem our misspent time; and in the discharge of
the important duties Thou hast assigned us in our
moral welfare here below, may we be guided by faith
and humility, courage and constancy, to perform our
allotted pilgrimage acceptable in Thy sight, without
asking a remission of years from Thee. And when
our career on earth is finished, and the sepulchre ap-
pointed for all the living receives our mortal bodies,
may our souls, disengaged from their cumberous dust,
flourish and bloom in eternal day, and enjoy that rest
which Thou has prepared for Thy good and faithful
servants in Thy blessed Asylum of peace beyond the
vails of earth. All which we ask through the media-
tion of our Redeemer, King of kings and Lord of
lords. Amen.
Response.
Amen, and Amen, and Amen.
E. Commander.
Attention, Sir Knights.
The lines are then formed, and the cross of steel made
over the grave, and the following Hymn is sung:
AIR-Mount Vernon.
Christian warriors at the pealing
Of the solemn vesper bell,
Round the tri- form altar kneeling,
Whisper, each, "IMMANUEL!''
When the watch and ward are over,
Guarding the Asylum well,
Smiles of peace around them hover,
At Thy name, IMMANUEL!
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When the matin-notes arc ringing,
Cheerfully from mount and dell,
Strength for warfare still is springing
From Thy name, IMMANUEL!
When some deed of emprise sharing,
Deed like those traditions tell,
Prompts each Knight to noble daring—
'Tis for Thee, IMMANUEL!
When the storm-clouds darkly lower
On our pathway dark and fell,
Knight heroic will not cower,
Cheered by Thee, IMMANUEL!
When death's fearful damps are stealing,
And is breathed the last "Farewell!"
All the brighter world revealing,
Thou shalt come, IMMANUEL!
The Sir Knights may then escort the friends of the de-
ceased to their home, or return to their Asylum, as mag be
expedient.
CEREMONIES AND CHARGES
UPON CONSTITUTING AND DEDICATING A COMMANDERY,
AND INSTALLING ITS
OFFICERS.
The Sir Knights will assemble in the room where
the ceremonies are to be performed, and open a
Commandery. The jewels are then placed on the
altar. An ode is then sung. The Sir Knights form
a triangle around the altar and attend prayer.
The Grand Marshal will then say:
Right Eminent Grand Commander, a constitutional
number of Knights Templar, duly instructed in the
sublime mysteries of our Orders, and being desirous
of promoting the honor of the same by aiding the
cause of Humanity, Knowledge, and Virtue, have
applied to proper authority for a warrant or charter
to constitute them a regular Commandery of Knights
Templar and the appendant Orders. The prayer of
their petition having been granted, they are now
assembled for the purpose of being legally consti-
tuted, and of having their officers duly installed in
due and ancient form.
The Grand Commander will then direct the Grand
Recorder to read the charter, which being done, he
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will ask the members if they still approve of the
officers named in the Charter; if they assent, the
Grand Commander will declare:
By virtue of the high power and authority in me
vested, I do now form you, my worthy brother
Sir Knights, into a just and regular Commandery of
Knights Templar. Henceforth you are authorized
and empowered to form and open a Council of
Knights of the Red Cross, a Commandery of Knights
Templar and Knights of Malta, of the Order of St.
John of Jerusalem, and to perform all such things as
may appertain to the same; conforming in all your
doings to the Laws and Constitution of the Grand
Commandery under whose authority you act, and to
the Constitution and Edicts of the Grand Encamp-
ment of the United States. And may the God of
your fathers be with you, guide and direct you in
all your undertakings.
The jewels are now uncovered to solemn music,
when the Prelate rises and says:
From time immemorial, it has been customary for
the Masonic fraternity to dedicate the different
departments of our institution to different patrons.
We dedicate our Lodges to St. John the Baptist, or
the Evangelist; our Chapters to Zerubbabel, and our
Commanderies to St. John the Almoner. We do this,
not in that superstitious sense in which the heathen
employ the term when they set apart temples for the
worship of their imaginary deities, nor in that high
and solemn sense in which Christians dedicate their
churches to the great Jehovah; but we do it simply
to testify our respect and esteem for the character of
those who have been so eminently beneficial to our
institution, and that their examples may stimulate us
to imitate their exalted virtues.
To our most eminent and worthy patron, St. John
the Almoner, I do now solemnly dedicate this
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Com-
Commandery, by the name and title of
mandery; and may the God of all grace abundantly
bless you in your laudable undertaking, and may
each one of His members so redeem his time that he
may receive the joyful invitation, "Enter thou into
the joy of thy Lord!"
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace,
good will towards men!
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Response.- As it was in the beginning, is now,
and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
INSTALLATION.
The Eminent Commander elect is then presented to
the Grand Commander by the Marshal, who says:
?
Right Eminent, I have the honor to present to you
the Eminent Sir
who has been elected to the
office of Commander of this Commandery. I find
him to be well skilled in our sublime mysteries, and
observant of the noble precepts of our forefathers,
and have, therefore, no doubt but he will discharge
the important duties of his office with fidelity.
The Grand Commander then asks:
Eminent, are you ready to subscribe to the oath
of office?
On his answering in the affirmative, the Grand Com-
mander will draw his sword, and, holding it horizon-
tally, the edge toward the Eminent Commander elect,
who will place his left hand on the same, and his
right hand on his left breast, and repeat as follows:
I, A. B., do solemnly promise, upon the honor
of a Knight Templar, that I will, to the best of my
knowledge and ability, faithfully discharge the vari-
ous duties incumbent upon the office to which I have
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been elected; that I will support and maintain the
By-Laws of this Commandery, and the Laws and Con-
stitution of the Grand Commandery, under whose
immediate authority I act; also, the Constitution and
Edicts of the Grand Encampment of the United
States of America.
The Grand Commander will then address the Emi-
nent Commander elect as follows•
Eminent Sir, having been elected to the important
and honorable station of Eminent Commander of this
[new] Commandery, it is with unfeigned pleasure
that I enter upon the discharge of the pleasing duty
of installing you into your office. As the head of an
institution founded upon the Christian religion, and
the practice of the Christian virtues, you will sensibly
realize the great responsibility of the new relation in
which you now stand to your brethren; and, I am
fully pursuaded, will so conduct the imporant inter-
ests about to be committed to your hands, as to reflect
honor upon yourself and credit upon your Comman-
dery. It now, Sir Knight, becomes my duty to pro-
pose certain questions to you, relative to your office,
to which I must re uest unequivocal answers:
I. Do you solemnly promise, upon the honor of a
Knight Templar, that you will redouble your endea-
vors to correct the vices, purify the morals, and pro-
mote the happiness of those of your brethren who have
attained this magnanimous Order?
II. That you will never suffer your Commandery
to be opened, unless there be present nine regular
Sir Knights of the Order?
III. That you will not confer the Orders upon any
one who has not shown a charitable and humane dis-
position, or who has not made a considerable profi-
ciency in the foregoing degrees?
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IV. That you will promote the general good of
our Order, and on all proper occasions be ready to
give and receive instructions, and particularly from
the General and State Grand Officers ?
V. That, to the utmost of your power, you will
preserve the solemnities of our ceremonies, and
behave, in open Commandery, with the most pro-
found respect and reverence, as an example to your
brethren?
VI. That you will not acknowledge or have inter-
course with any Commandery that does not work
under a constitutional warrant or dispensation?
VII. That you will not admit any visitor into your
Commandery who has not been knighted in a Com-
mandery legally constituted, without his first being
formally healed?
VIII. That you will pay due respect and obedience
to the instructions of the General and State Grand
Officers, particularly relating to the several lectures
and charges, and will resign the chair to them, sever-
ally, when they may visit your Commandery?
IX. That you will support and observe the Consti-
tution of the Grand Encampment of the United States,
and the Statutes and Regulations of the Grand Com-
mandery under whose authority you act?
X. That you will bind your successor in office to
the observance of the same rules to which you have
now assented?
Do you submit to all these things, and do you
promise to observe and practice them faithfully?
Assents
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​CHARGE TO THE EMINENT COMMANDER.
Eminent, you will now permit me to invest
you with this badge of your office. It is a
Cross, surmounted by Rays of Light. It is
an appropriate and beautiful emblem of the
sublime principles of this magnanimous and
Christian Order of Knighthood. The Cross
will remind you of Him who offered up His life as a
propitiation for the sins of the world; and the reful-
gent rays that emanate from it, of those divine
teachings and sublime precepts which He has left to
guide and direct us in the paths of truth and
holiness.
I present you the charter of your Commandery.
You will receive it as a sacred deposit, and never
permit it to be used for any other purposes than those
expressed in it, and safely transmit it to your
successor in office.
I also commit to your hands the Holy Bible, the
Great Light in every degree of Masonry, together
with the Cross Swords. The doctrines contained in
this sacred volume create in us a belief in the exist-
ence of the eternal Jehovah, the one only true and
living God, the Creator and Judge of all things in
heaven and earth; they also confirm in us a belief in
the dispensation of His providence. This belief
strengthens our Faith, and enables us to ascend the
first step of the Grand Masonic Ladder. This Faith
naturally produces in us a Hope of becoming par-
takers in the promises expressed in this inestimable
gift of God to man, which Hope enables us to ascend
the second step. But the third and the last being
Charity, comprehends the former, and will continue
to exert its influence when Faith shall be lost in
sight, and Hope in complete enjoyment.
The Cross Swords, resting upon the Holy Bible,
are to remind us that we should be "strong in the
Lord, and in the power of His might;" that we
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should "put on the whole armor of God," to be able
to wrestle successfully against principalities and
powers, and spiritual wickedness in high places.
I also present to you the Constitution of the Grand
Encampment of the United States of America; the
Statutes and Regulations of the Grand Commandery
of this State, and the By-Laws of your Commandery.
You will frequently consult them yourself, and cause
them to be read for the information of your Com-
mandery, that all, being informed of their duty, may
have no reasonable excuse to offer for the neglect
of it.
And now, Eminent, permit me to induct you into
the chair of your Commandery, and, in behalf of the
Sir Knights here assembled, to offer you my most
sincere congratulations on your accession to the hon-
orable station you now fill It will henceforth be
your special duty to preserve inviolate the Laws and
Constitutions of the Order, to dispense justice,
reward merit, encourage truth, and diffuse the sub-
lime principies of universal benevolence. You will
distribute alms to poor and weary pilgrims traveling
from afar; feed the hungry; clothe the naked; and
bind up the wounds of the afflicted. You will incul-
cate the duties of charity and hospitality, and govern
your Commandery with justice and moderation. And
finally, my brother, may the bright example of the
illustrious heroes of former ages, whose matchless
valor has shed undying lustre over the name of
Knight Templar, encourage and animate you to the
faithful performance of every duty.
Sir Kn ghts, behold your Commander.
The Sir Knights rise and present arms.
Recollect, Sir Knights, that the prosperity of your
Commandery will as much depend on your support,
assistance, and obedience, as on the assiduity, fidelity,
and wisdom of your Commander.
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The remainder of the officers are then duly qual-
ified, by taking the oath of office, in the form and
mauner before stated. The Grand Marshal then
presents the Generalissimo.
CHARGE TO THE GENERALISSIMO.
Sir, you have been elected General-
issimo of this Commandery. I now
invest you with the badge of your
office, which is a Square, surmounted
by a Paschal Lamb. When beholding
the Lamb, let it stimulate you to have, at all times, a
watchful eye over your own conduct, and an earnest
solicitude for the prosperity of the kingdom of the
blessed Immanuel, the spotless Lamb of God, who
was slain from the foundation of the world.
The Square is to remind you that the institution
of Free Masonry and the Orders of Knighthood were
formerly governed by the same Grand Masters, and
that the same principles of brotherly love and friend-
ship should forever govern the members of both
Orders. Your station, Sir Knight, is on the right of
your Commander; your duty is to receive and com-
municate all orders, signs, and petitions; to assist
your Commander in his various duties; and, in his
absence, to preside in the Commandery. The exer-
cise of all your talents and zeal will be necessary in
the discharge of your various duties. I charge you,
therefore, to be faithful to the Sir Knights with whom
you are associated; put them often in remembrance
of those things which tend to their everlasting peace.
Finally, "preach to them the word; be instant in
season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort
with all long-suffering and doctrine;" ever remem-
bering the promise,
Be thou faithful unto death,
and I will give thee a crown of life."
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CHARGE TO THE CAPTAIN GENERAL.
""
Sir, you are elected Captain General of
this Commandery. I now invest you
with the badge of your office, which is a
Level, surmounted by a Cock. As the
undaunted courage and valor of the
cock stimulates him to conquer his competitor, or yield
himself a victim to the contest, so should you be stimu-
lated to the discharge of every duty. You should have
on the breast-plate of righteousness,' so that with
patience and meekness you may ever travel on the
level of humility, and be so supplied with divine grace
as to prevent you from selling your God or denying
your Master. Your station is on the left of your
Commander. Your duty, among other things, is to
see that the proper officers make all due preparations
for the various meetings of the Commandery; that
the Council Chamber and Asylum are in suitable
array for the introduction of candidates and the dis-
patch of business. You are also to receive and
communicate all orders issued by the Eminent
Commander, through the officers of the line. You
are to assist in Council, and, in the absence of
your Commander and Generalissimo, you are to
govern the Commandery. The distressed widow, the
helpless orphan, and the innocent of the weaker sex,
you are ever to assist and protect. But, above all,
you are to stand forth, having your loins girt about
with Truth, in defence of the Christian religion from
all its enemies. And now, I exhort you, that with
fidelity you perform every duty; and "whatsoever
ye do, do heartily as to the Lord, and not unto men:
continue in prayer, and watch in the same with
thanksgiving; ever bearing in mind the promise,
Be not weary in well-doing, for in due time you
shall reap, if ye faint not."
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CHARGE TO THE PRELATE.
Sir, you are elected Prelate of this
Commandery. I have the pleasure of
investing you with this Triple Triangle,
which is the badge of your office, and a
beautiful emblem of the Eternal Great
Jehovah. Your station is on the right
of the Generalissimo; your duty is to officiate at the
Altar; to offer up prayers and oblations to Deity.
The duties of your office are very interesting and
highly important, and will require your early and
punctual attendance at every meeting. Your jewel
is to remind you of the importance of the trust reposed
in you; and may He who is able, abundantly fur-
nish you for every good work, preserve you from
falling into error, improve, strengthen, establish, and
perfect you;" and finally greet you with, "Well done,
good and faithful servant, enter thou into the joy of
thy Lord."
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CHARGE TO THE SENIOR WARDEN.
Sir, you are elected Senior Warden of
this Commandery. I now invest you
with the badge of your office, which is
a Hollow Square and Sword of Justice.
It is to remind you that, as the children
of Israel marched in a hollow square in their journey
through the wilderness, in order to guard and protect
the Ark of the Covenant, so should you be vigilant in
guarding every avenue from innovation and error.
Let the sword of justice, therefore, be ever drawn to
guard the Constitution of the Order. Your station
is at the southwest angle of the triangle, and upon
the right of the first division. You will attend
pilgrim warriors traveling from afar, comfort and
support pilgrim penitents, and recommend them,
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after due trial, to the favor and protection of the
Eminent Commander. You will be assiduous in
teaching your division their duties and exercises.
You will on all occasions form the avenues for the
approach and departure of your Commander, and
prepare the lines for inspection and review. Let it
be your constant care that the warrior be not deterred
from duty, nor the penitent molested on his journey.
Finally, Let your light so shine before men, that
they, seeing your good works, may glorify your
Father which is in heaven."
CHARGE TO THE JUNIOR WARDEN.
Sir, you are elected Junior Warden
of this Commandery. I now invest
you with the badge of your office,
which is an Eagle and Flaming
Sword. It is to remind you to per-
form your various duties with justice and valor,
having an eagle eye on the prosperity of the
Order. Your station is at the northwest angle
of the triangle, and on the left of the third
division. Your duty is to attend weary pilgrims
traveling from afar, conduct them on their journey,
plead their cause, and, by permission of the Eminent
Commander, introduce them into the Asylum. You
will be careful that, in addition to the sandals, staff,
and scrip, their whole preparation and deportment
shall be such as to cause them to be recognized as
children of humility. Teach that "Mugna est Veritas
et Prævalebit," is the motto of our Order; and
although, in the course of their pilgrimage, they will
often find the heights of fortune inaccesible, and the
thorny path of life crooked, adverse, and forlorn,
yet, by faith and humility-courage, constancy, and
perseverance in the great duties set before them in
the gospel-they may gain admission into the Asylum
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above; there to enjoy the honor and rewards that
await the valiant soldiers of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Finally, be ye perfect, always abounding in the work
of the Lord, that you may be a shining light in the
orld. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid.
CHARGE TO THE TREASURER.
-
Sir, you are elected Treasurer of this
Commandery. I now invest you with
the badge of your office. Your station is
on the right of the Eminent Commander,
in front. The qualities which should
recommend a Treasurer are accuracy
and fidelity accuracy, in keeping a fair and
minute account of all receipts and disbursements;
fidelity, in carefully preserving all the property and
funds of the Commandery that may be placed in his
hands, and rendering a just account of the same
whenever he is called upon for that purpose. I
presume that your respect and attachment to the
Commandery, and your earnest solicitude for a good
name, which is better than precious ointment, will
prompt you to the faithful discharge of the duties of
your office.
CHARGE TO THE RECORDER.
Sir, you are elected Recorder of this
Commandery. I now invest you with
the badge of your office. Your
station is on the left of the Eminent
Commander, in front. The qualities
which should recommend a Recorder
are, promptitude in issuing the notifications and
orders of his superior officers; punctuality in attend-
ing the meetings of the Commandery; correctness
in recording their proceedings; judgment in dis-
criminating between what is proper and what is
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improper to be committed to writing; integrity in
accounting for all moneys that may pass through his
hauds, and fidelity in paying the same over into the
hands of the Treasurer. The possession of these
good qualities, I presume, has designated you as a
suitable candidate for this important office; and I
cannot entertain a doubt that you will discharge its
duties beneficially to the Commandery and honorably
to yourself. And when you shall have completed the
record of your transactions here below, and finished
the term of your probation, may you be admitted
into the celestial asylum of saints and angels, and
find your name recorded in the Lamb's Book of Life!
CHARGE TO THE STANDARD BEARER.
Sir, you are elected Standard Bearer of
this Commandery. I now invest you with
the badge of your office, which a Plumb,
surmounted by a Banner. Your station is
in the West, and in the centre of the
second division. Your duty is to display,
support, and protect the Standard of the
Order, which I now, with pleasure, confide
to your valor. You will remember that it
is our rallying point in time of danger; and when
unfurled in a just and virtuous cause, you will never
relinquish it to an enemy but with your life.
therefore, your conduct be such as all the virtuous
will delight to imitate; let the refulgent rays which
ever emanate from pure benevolence and humility,
diffuse their lustre on all around, that it may encour-
age and animate all true and courteous Knights, and,
at the same time, confound and dismay all their
enemies.
Let,
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CHARGE TO THE SWORD BEARER.
Sir, you are elected Sword Bearer
of this Commandery. I now invest
you with the badge of your office,
which is a Triangle and Cross Swords.
Your station is on the right of the
Standard Bearer, and on the right of
second division when formed in line. Your duty is
to watch all orders and signals from the Eminent
Commander, and see that they are promptly obeyed.
You are also to assist in the protection of the Ban-
ners of the Order, and with a heart livelily devoted
to the principles of Faith, Hope, and Charity; with
the mystic sword that is endowed with justice and
fortitude, and tempered with mercy, in your hand,
you may cast your eyes upon the Standard, and
remember that In Hoc Signo Vinces" is an express-
ive motto of our Order, and consoling to the heart
of every believer.
..
CHARGE TO THE WARDER.
Sir, you are elected Warder of this Com-
mandery. I now invest you with the
badge of your office, which is a square
plate, with a Trumpet and Cross Swords
engraved thereon. Your station is upon
the left of the Standard Bearer, and upon
the left of the second division, when formed in line.
Your duty is to announce the approach and depar-
ture of the Eminent Commander; to post the senti-
nels and see that the Asylum is duly guarded. You
will, also, report all petitions from visitors and stran-
gers, and communicate the orders of your superior
officers; and I charge you to be punctual in your at-
tendance at our meetings, and indefatigable in the
discharge of your important duties; for though yours
is among the last offices in the Commandery, it is by
no means the least in importance.
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CHARGE TO THE THREE GUARDS.
Sir Knights, you are appointed Cap-
tains of the Guard. I now invest you
with the badge of office, which is a
Square Plate with a Battle Axe engraved
thereon. Your post is that of honor as
well as danger. You will, therefore, be
vigilant, and challenge with spirit, examine with cau-
tion, admonish with candor, relieve cheerfully, protect
with fidelity, and fight valiantly.
CHARGE TO THE COMMANDERRY.
Sir Knights-To manage and conduct the concerns
of a Commandery of Knights Templar with that
promptitude, integrity and skill which the institution
demands, will require the exercise of all the talents
and perseverance of its officers and members. Are
any of you solicitous that your equals and inferiors
should conduct themselves toward you with deference
and respect? you will be sure to let no opportunity
pass without furnishing them an example in your own
conduct toward your superiors. The officers will
recollect that those moral and religious duties and
precepts which they, from time to time, so forcibly im-
press upon the minds of others, should by no means
be neglected by themselves and the most effectual
way to insure success is to let precept and example
go hand in hand.
I would therefore exhort one and all of you to look
well to the East, to the West, to the North, and to the
South, and see that the entering avenues are strictly
guarded, and that you suffer no one to pass the thres-
hold of your Asylum but the worthy children of
humility, and, at the same time, that you suffer no
one to walk among you disorderly without admoni-
tion or reproof. While such is the conduct of the
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officers and members, you may rest assured that this
valiant, magnanimous Order will forever flourish like
the green bay tree. And now, my worthy Sir Knights,
I would address you in the language of David to his
beloved city, "Peace be within thy walls, and pros-
perity within thy palaces!" For my brethren and
companions' sake, I will now say, Peace be with thee!
The Grand Marshal then proclaims the [new] Com-
mandery in the following manner, viz. :
In the name of the Grand Commandery of the
State of
I proclaim this [new] Com-
mandery, by the name of
Commandery,
No., to be legally constituted, consecrated, and the
officers duly installed.
After the necessary business is finished, the Com-
mandery is closed.
FORMS AND CEREMONIES
FOR CONDUCTING TRIALS ACCORDING TO THE LAW AND
USAGE OF THE ORDER.
The first step to be taken toward a knightly trial
of a Sir Knight is, of course, to prefer charges, or
make a complaint. The important requisites of a
complaint are, that it should be brief, and yet com-
prehensive, clearly defining the nature of the offence
charged, and accurately specifying the time, place,
and circumstances of its commission. It may be in
this form:
COMPLAINT.
To the E. Commander and Sir Knights of
Commandery, No.
.......
..........
Sir Knight A. B. is hereby charged with immoral
and unknightly conduct:
......
First Specification.-That the said A. B., on the
day of
18..., in the public street, at ........., in
the county of
was in a state of intoxication,
from the use of strong and spirituous liquors, in vio
lation of his duty as a Sir Knight, and to the scandal
and disgrace of the Order of Knighthood.
Second Specification.-That the said A. B., on the
aforesaid, and at
day of..... 18..., at
various other times and places, in the year 18...,
was intoxicated with strong and spirituous liquors,
although admonished therefor by the E. Commander
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and Sir Knights of this Commandery, in violation of
his duty as a Sir Knight, to the great scandal and
disgrace of the Order; and it is therefore demanded,
that the said A. B. be dealt with therefor, according
to the law and usage of Masonic Knighthood.
Dated
18...
.......
S. L.,
……………....
COMPLAINT (in another form.)
To the E. Commander and Sir Knights of
Commandery, No. ......:
Sir Knight C. D. is hereby charged with immoral
and unknightly conduct:
.....
First Specification.-That the said C. D., on the......
day of..., 18..., at .......... in the county of.
in the presence and hearing of Bro. or Sir Knight
E. F., and others, spoke and declared of Sir Knight,
G. II. these words in substance: That the said G. H.
was a dishonest man; that he was a knave and a
cheat, and that he was a liar, to the great injury of
the said G. H., and to the common scandal and
disgrace of our Knightly Order.
......
Second Specification. That the said C. D., on the
day of
18..., at
aforesaid, in the
presence and hearing of Mr. Y. Z., and others, pub-
licly spoke and declared of the said G. H., who was
not present, that he, the said G. H., was a dishonest
man, a knave, a cheat, and a liar, in violation of the
duties of the said C. D. as a Sir Knight, to the great
injury of the said G. H., and to the common scandal
and disgrace of our Knightly Order; and it is there-
fore hereby demanded, that the said C. D. be put
upon trial therefor.
S. L.,
Dated
18...
These forms might be indefinitely multiplied, but
these will be sufficient to show the manner and
importance of specifying time, place, and circum-
stances, constituting the offence.
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This charge (at contained in the first form will
hereafter be follo, ed) having been presented in open
Commandery, and received, the E. Commander there-
upon appoints ammittee of three to near and try
the same, which entered upon the minutes. The
charges need not e entered, but the nature of them
should be. It then the duty of the Recorder
immediately to se ve upon the accused a copy of the
charges, with the ollowing notice annexed:
N. TICE OF CHARGES.
Sir Knight A. n
Take notice, that the within (or
foregoing) is a copy of the charges preferred against
...
Knights' Conclave of
held on the
Com-
you at a stated Si.
mandery, No.
day of
inst., and that Sir Knights R. S., T. U., and V. W.,
were thereupon a pointed a committee to hear and
try the same.
P. Q., Recorder.
Dated
18...
.......
Should the committee determine, at the time the
charges are preferred, (and it is recommended that
they should in all cases, if possible,) when and
where they will meet for trial, the Recorder may add
to the above notice the following: "and that they
will meet for that purpose on the inst., at seven
o'clock P. M., at the Asylum of Commandery,
No. ...; at or before which time you are required to
answer said charges.'
......
.........
In case the accused absent himself, so that the
charges cannot be personally served, the copy may
be transmitted to him by mail, if his residence be
known; if not, after a reasonable time, and after
diligent inquiry, the Recorder should report the fact
to the Commandery for their further action. In all
cases the prosecutor or Recorder should take care
that the accused he served with notice of the time
and place of meeting of the committee for trial, at
the time of service of the charges.
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The charges being served, it is the first duty of the
accused, if he has an objection to any of the commit-
tee, to make his challenge, that the Eminent Com-
mander, if satisfied that there is grounds for it, may
supply the vacant place by another appointment. It
is recommended, however, that if there be reasonable
objection, or probable cause therefor be manifest,
that the member of the committee challenged rem ove
all question by resignation.
The tribunal being properly constituted, it is next
the duty of the accused to answer the charges. As
this must be in every case equivalent to the well-
known plea of "Not Guilty," it is scarcely necessary
to furnish a form; yet, for the sake of making up a
complete record, in cases of appeal, one is subjoined:
ANSWER.
C. D., in person, denies the charges made against
him, and every matter and thing contained in the
several specifications of the same, and demands trial
thereon.
Of course this answer will vary according to the
facts of each case. One specification may be admit-
ted and another denied. The charge and specifica-
tions may be admitted, and matters set up in extenua-
tion or excuse. Assuming the answer to be a denial,
the issue is formed, and the parties proceed to trial.
To procure the attendance of witnesses on either
side, some process may be necessary. If the witness
te not a Knight, his attendance must, of course, be
voluntary; but a Knight is bound to obey a summons.
This may be issued by any Eminent Commander of a
Commandery, and in the following form:
SUMMONS FOR WITNESS.
To Sir Knight, I. J.: You are hereby summoned
and required to attend as a witness before the com-
mittee appointed for the trial of A. B., on certain
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...
charges preferred against him, on the day of
instant, at... o'clock P. M., at the Asylum of......Com-
mandery, No. and there to testify the truth ac-
cording to your knowledge.
.....
Dated........., 18..
K. L., E. Commander.
This may be made to answer for several witnesses
by inserting their names, and adding the words "and
each of you" after the word "you." The Sir Knight
disobeying such a summons may be proceeded against
as in case of disobedience to any other summons.
For this purpose the person serving it should note
upon it when and how it is served.
The committee, having met for trial, should organ-
ize; that is to say, one of their number (and usually
the first named) should preside, though they may
choose another for that purpose; and another of
them should be chosen to act as their clerk, and keep
the minutes of their proceedings. A copy of the reso-
lution under which they were appointed, together with
their appointment, should be furnished them by the
Recorder. They should keep minutes of their pro-
ceedings, which may be in this form :
MINUTES OF COMMITTEE.
The committee appointed for the trial of A. B., on
the charges, a copy of which is hereunto annexed
(marked A), assembled at the Asylum of......Com-
mandery, No. on .........day evening, the. day
of .......
18...., pursuant to the following resolution
(copy resolution):
.....
....
Present: R. S., T. U., and V. W., committee. R.
S., officiated as chairman, and V. W. was chosen
clerk.
The charges were then read by Sir Knight S. L.,
clerk, together with the answer of Sir Knight A. B.
Sir Knight B. requested that P. S., Esq., an attor-
aey, and not a Knight, should examine the witnesses
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on his behalf, and assist him in his defence. The
committee decided against his request, but further
decided that he might employ the services of any Sir
Knight to assist him in defence; to which Sir Knight
B. took an exception. He then employed Sir Knight
N. O. to assist him as counsel. Sir Knight O. objected
to the form of the charges as being vague and uncer-
tain; but the committee decided them to be sufficient;
to which Sir Knight O. took an exception.
Sir Knight E. F. was then introduced as a witness,
and testified as a Sir Knight, as follows:
I am acquainted with Brother A. B.; I saw him on
.....
street, in ..... on the day of
.........,
last; I was on the opposite side of the street; he
appeared to be much intoxicated; (objection was
made to the "appearance" of accused, but it was
overruled, and an exception taken); he was there for
about half an hour; he reeled as he walked, etc.
On cross-examination, Sir Knight E. F. further
testified: I know that Sir Knight B. had been sick,
etc.
18...,
The committee then adjourned to meet at the same
place, on .......day evening, the of
at 7 o'clock.
......
.........day evening,
.........,
.........9
18...
The committee met pursuant to adjournment.
Present all the committee and Sir Knight A. B.,
and his counsel Sir Knight O.
Sir Knight T. U. officiated as chairman.
Mr. H. C. was then introduced as a witness by
and stated as follows:
.......
I was in ......... on the...... day of........., inst., etc.
The proofs on the part of the complainant here
rested.
Sir Knight O., on behalf of Sir Knight A. B., then
produced the affidavit of Mr. J. B., sworn to before
to which ......... objected, on the ground that
Mr. B. should be produced for cross-examination.
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The committee sustained the objection on that
ground, and Sir Knight O. took an exception.
Mr. B. was then produced, and
then con-
sented that his affidavit might be read, which was
read accordingly, and is hereto annexed (marked B.)
then cross-examined Mr. B., who stated as
.........
follows, etc.
The proofs being closed, after hearing both parties,
the committee decided to meet again on the
of ......... inst., to determine on their report.
.........day,
day
18...
..........
The committee again met by themselves, and after
consultation, decided upon their report, a copy of
which is hereto annexed, together with the testimony
and proceedings had before them, and notified the
parties thereof.
(Signed by the Committee.)
These minutes have been given in this extended
form because they present a convenient way of stating
certain facts and proceedings on trial. Thus, the
statement of formal objections, and the grounds of
them, together with the decision thereon of the com-
mittee, (which should always be stated,) are here set
forth; also, that the
acted as prosecutor;
that the employment of an attorney not being a Sir
Knight was not permitted, but that the accused was
permitted to have counsel; that the first witness
testified in his character as a Knight Templar, and
that the second witness, not being a Knight, made
his statement merely, no oath being administered to
either; that the testimony is taken down in the words
of the witness, and of course in the first person as he
spoke; that the precise point objected to is stated;
that the time and place of each adjournment are
noted that a sworn affidavit was not admitted,
because no opportunity was given for cross-examina-
tion; and finally, that the committee met alone, and
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decided upon their report, and then gave notice to
the parties; all of which may furnish useful hints to
those engaged in such trials, without further com-
ment; it being presumed that the usual forms of such
proceedings. and the ordinary rules of evidence, are
understood, and will be observed. It is at the option
of the committee whether they will admit any one to
be present but the parties and the witnesses testify-
ing; but on all such occasions none but Knights
should be admitted, except the witness not a Knight,
and while testifying.
As the form of the notice given to the parties by
the committee may be desired, it is here given, and
may be as follows:
NOTICE OF DECISION.
To Sir Knight S. L. and Sir Knight A. B.:
You will each take notice, that we have agreed
upon and signed our report, in the matter of charges
against Sir Knight A. B., referred to us, by which we
have found the charges sustained, and Sir Knight A.
B. guilty thereof; and that the expenses of the pro-
ceedings be paid by him; and that we shall present
the report to......... Commandery, No. at its stated
Conclave, on the
Dated
...... of
18...
.......
....
instant.
(Signed by the Committee.)
The trial being concluded, and the report thus
agreed upon, the committee will have it drawn up in
irm for the action of the Commandery. This report
need not, in the first place, contain anything but the
facts found, and the conclusions arrived at thereon
by the committee. These conclusions, like those of
any other committee, should be in the form of reso-
lutions, for the definite action of the Commandery.
Should the Commandery, on the report coming in,
desire to hear the testimony read, or any of the
decisions stated, it will be the duty of the committee
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to comply, and make full report of the testimony and
their proceedings, if required.
The report may be in the following form:
REPORT OF COMMITTEE.
To the E. Commander and Sir Knights of
Commandery, No. ...:
.......
The committee appointed for the trial of Sir Knight
A. B., on charges of intoxication, heretofore preferred
in this Commandery, respectfully report:
of
.........
That they met at the Asylum of this Commandery,
on ......day evening, the
last past, and
proceeded to hear and try the matters referred to
them.
That objections were presented to Sir Knight T. U.,
one of their number, which they overruled, and also
refused to permit Sir Knight A. B. to appear by
counsel not being a Knight, and thereupon Sir Knight
N. O. appeared for him. That objections were made
to the charges, which were overruled.
That they proceeded to take testimony (in the
course of which they decided not to admit a sworn
affidavit), and Sir Knight E. F.. Mr. H. C., and Mr.
J. B. were examined as witnesses.
That they held three meetings, the last of which
was for the purpose of agreeing upon and preparing
their report.
That from the testimony before them
they find the following facts:
1. That Sir Knight A. B. was intoxicated with
strong and spirituous liquors, in a public place, at
on the day of
18....
2. That Sir Knight A. B, has been at least twice
intoxicated in a public place, in
within two weeks previous to the said
...., 18....
of .........,
aforesaid,
day
......
They therefore recommend the adoption of the
following resolutions :
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Resolved, That the charges of intoxication against
Sir Knight A. B., made and presented to this Com-
mandery, on the
day of .........9 18...., are
sustained, and that he is guilty of the said charges.
Resolved, That Sir Knight A. B. be and he is
hereby suspended from this Commandery, and from
the rights and privileges of Masonic Kuighthood, for
the space of three months from this date.
The charges and expenses of the committee amount
to the sum of
dollars, which they adjuge that
Sir Knight A. B. shall pay; of all which they have
notified
and Sir Knight A. B.
All of which is respectfully submitted,
Dated
……………………., 18....
R. S.
T. U.
V. W.
}
Committee.
If the reoslutions be adopted, the Recorder of the
Commandery should transcribe them on his minutes,
together with the adjudication as to charges and
expenses. The resolutions, however, are subject to
the action of the Commandery, who may reverse the
decision of the committee: or, if sustained, may
amend the resolution as to the penalty by increasing
or diminishing it. Should the resolutions be adopted
(and for this purpose a majority vote is sufficient,
unless the By-Laws provide differently), and the
accused be absent from the Commandery, it is the
duty of the Recorder to furnish him immediately
with a copy of the resolutions, and of the award as
to expenses, with a notice, which may be in this
form:
NOTICE OF JUDGMENT.
To Sir Knight A. B.: Take notice, that the fore-
going is a copy of resolutions adopted by
Commandery, No
Asylum, on the
.......
......
at their Conclave held at their
day of ....., instant, together
with a copy of the award made by the committee as
P. Q., Recorder.
to expenses.
Dated
18....
.....
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Thus have been presented the ordinary proceed-
ings, from complaint to judgment, on a Knightly
trial, on charges preferred in a Commandery. Some
of them may be found practically unnecessary; but
the complaint, minutes, and report are deemed
important, and should be substantially followed in
every case. In all cases the decision of the Com-
mandery is final, unless an appeal be taken from it
to the Grand Commandery.
In these cases a report
will be made to the Grand Commandery, and the
minutes, with the report of the committee annexed,
filed in the office of the Grand Recorder, and notice
given to the parties by the Recorder.
APPEALS.
The subject of Appeals next claims our attention,
and we shall still follow the form of proceedings after
a trial on charges preferred in a Commandery against
a member. Where a party is intending to appeal, it
is advisable that he give notice of it immediately,
which may be in the following form:
NOTICE OF APPEAL.
.........
To P. Q., Recorder of .... Commandery, No.
Take notice, that I appeal from the action of said
Commandery, on the day of...... 18..., in passing
sentence of suspension on me for three months, to the
Grand Commandery of the State of......... on the
grounds to be stated in my appeal.
´Dated.........18...
A. B.
On receiving this notice, the Recorder of the Com-
mandery will transmit to the Grand Commandery a
copy of the minutes of proceedings, embracing the
evidence, with a copy of the report to the Comman-
dery annexed, all duly attested and certified; and by
carefully observing these directions, it may always be
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done promptly. This, if filed with the Grand Recorder,
may be furnished to the Grand Commandery, or its
Committee on Appeals, when desired. The appellant
should next prepare his appeal, which may be in
this form:
APPEAL.
To the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of
the State of.........:
The undersigned hereby appeals to you, from the
decision of ...... Commandery, No...., made......18...
in adjudging him guilty of, etc., (stating the offence
as in the decision of the Commandery,) and in pass-
ing sentence of suspension on him for three months,
and he specifies the following as the ground of his
appeal:
1. That. T. U., one of the committee on his trial,
was incompetent to act, having been present at the
meeting of said Commandery, when the charges
were preferred, and voted for their reference (or
other reasons may be assigned).
2. That the committee and the Commandery erred
in deciding that P. S., Esq., should not be allowed to
assist the undersigned in his defence.
3. That the second specification of the charges is
vague and uncertain.
4. That testimony as to appearances of intoxication
was improperly received.
5. That they erred in rejecting the sworn affidavit
of J. B.
6. That the proofs in the case were not sufficient to
warrant the finding of the committee or of the Com-
mandery.
7. That the Commandery erred in passing the reso-
lution of suspension by a majority vote.
All of which appears by the papers, proceedings
and evidence in the case to which reference is hereby
made.
Dated........., 18...
A. B.
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A copy of this appeal should be served on the Re-
corder of the Commandery, and also a copy on the
Grand Recorder. Within ten days an answer should
should be made to the appeal by the subordinate Com-
mandery. As, in most cases, this is merely taking
issue, the form of an answer on appeal may be un-
necessary, yet one is subjoined as follows:
ANSWER TO APPEAL.
.Commandery, No.
of A. B., and says:
.......
answers the appeal
That the said Commandery denies that there is any
error in the proceedings of said Commandery, or of
the committee appointed for the trial of the said A.
B.; and further says, that the decision of said
Commandery in said case is sustained both by the
law and evidence therein applicable thereto
Dated
.........
18....
S. L., Recorder.
This is very general; and if a specific denial is
deemed necessary-taking issue upon each of the
grounds of appeal, and assigning reasons therefor
it may be made after the foregoing form in com-
mencement, and adding thereto as follows:
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Because the said Commandery says, as to the first
ground of appeal, etc.
And because the said Commandery says, as to the
second ground of appeal, etc.
The case being thus fairly brought up on appeal,
the Grand Commandery may hear the same, either
by oral argument, or the appeal and answer thereto
may be made sufficiently full to call attention to all
the points in the case, and the reasons therefor. If
the Recorder of the Commandery shall have omitted
a transcript of the proceedings of the Commandery,
and the same be required to make the case perfectly
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understood, the Grand Commander may make an
order in this form:
ORDER ON APPEAL
OFFICE OF THE GRAND COMMANDER OF KNIGHTS
TEMPLAR OF THE STATE OF .........
To the E. Commander and Sir Knights of
Commandery, No......, :
18....
.........,
Sir Kuight A. B. having duly appealed from the
decision of your Commandery, made on the
18...., suspending him for three months, you are
hereby required to transmit to the E. Grand Recorder,
by the hand of your Recorder, under seal of your
Commandery, a transcript of the proceedings of your
Commandery in the case of the said A. B., from the
time of the presentation of the charges against him
until, and including, the final action of your Com-
mandery thereon, with the several dates thereof,
together with all papers and documents relating
thereto, not heretofore returned, within
from the receipt of this order by you.
Given under my hand and private seal, on the day
and year first above written.
.........
days
Grand Commander.
From the foregoing general forms and directions,
sufficient may be gathered to apply to every case of
Knightly discipline and trial, between any parties
and whatever may be the decision. To have extended
the forms, or adapted those given to every varying
charge, would be great labor without adequate
benefit, and especially in the great variety of charges.
It should be remarked that, when the charges are
based upon a section of the Statutes and Regulations,
or of the Commandery By-Laws, it should be plainly
and distinctly referred to.
Should the accused admit the charges when served
upon him, proof of such admission or confession will
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be all that the committee are required to have made,
and they will make up their minutes and report
accordingly, adapting the foregoing forms.
If the accused fails to appear and answer the
charges, after personal service, the committee may
proceed, after taking proof of such service, to take
proof of the charges; and in such case the Eminent
Commander should appoint some Sir Knight to ap-
pear for him.
The minutes and report in such cases
should be full, and the forms given can readily be
modified to suit such a state of facts.
APPEAL TO THE GRAND ENCAMPMENT.
In case of appeal to the Grand Encampment, the
following form may be substantially adopted:
To the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar of
the United States:
...
The undersigned, your petitioner, respectfully rep-
resents, that on or about the day of........., 18...,
charges for immoral and unknightly conduct (stating
the general nature of the charges) were preferred
against him by Sir Knight S. L., in ......... Com-
mandery, No..., under the jurisdiction of the Grand
Commandery of Knights Templar of the State of......
and such proceedings were thereupon had in the said
......Commandery that your petitioner was adjudged
by the same Commandery guilty of the offence so
charged against him, and was therefere adjudged to
(state the penalty imposed.) That from such deter-
mination and sentence, or judgment, your petitioner
appealed to the said Grand Commandery, and there-
upon such proceedings were had in and by said
Grand Commandery that afterwards, and on or about
the......day of......, 18..., the said determination and
sentence or judgment were in all things affirmed (state
the decision in fact given on the appeal) by the Grand
Commandery; and now your petitioner, feeling him-
self aggrieved by the action and determination of the
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said Grand Commandery in the premises, and being
advised that the same are erroneous appeals there-
from to the Grand Encampment of the United States,
and specifies, among other grounds of error therein,
the following:
First, That, etc., (stating the several errors in, and
objections to, the proceedings and determination of
the Grand Commandery relied upon separately, and
numbering them distinctly.)
Your petitioner, therefore, prays that the said
Grand Commandery may be required to answer this
petition, and that the testimony, proceedings, deter-
mination, and judgment aforsaid, as well of the said
…………………..Commandery as of said Grand Commandery,
may, upon this appeal be reviewed, and that such
sentence and determination or judgment may be re-
versed, modified, or amended, as may be agreeable to
knightly usage, justice, and equity.
Dated........., 18...
A. B.
The petition of appeal should be delivered to the
Grand Recorder of the Grand Commandery, and a
duplicate thereof delivered to the Grand Recorder of
the Grand Encampment, which, when done, perfects
the appeal. As soon thereafter as practicable, and
before the next session of the Grand Encampment,
the Grand Recorder of the Grand Commandery should
transmit to the Grand Recorder of the Grand En-
campment a transcript of all the testimony, papers,
and proceedings in the case which were before the
Grand Commandery, together with its action and
final determination therein, all duly authenticated
under the seal of the Grand Commandery.
RITUAL
FOR THE USE OF THE GRAND COMMANDERY OF THE
STATE OF OHIO, AT THE INSTALLATION OF
ITS GRAND OFFICERS.
When about to proceed to the ceremony of installa-
tion, the acting Grand Commander will select some
competent Sir Knight to officiate as Grand Marshal,
under whose directions the officers elect will retire
to the ante- room. The altar will then be placed
immediately in front of the presiding officer, and the
jewels of office will be placed upon it. The Grand
Commander will then direct the Grand Marshal to
introduce the Grand Officers elect, and display them
by single line facing the East, in order of seniority,
Grand Commander on the right and Grand Warder
on the left; which having been accomplished, the
Grand Marshal, addressing the presiding officer, will
say:
Right Eminent Grand Commander: I here present
before you these Eminent Sir Knights, who, having
been duly elected to preside over and conduct the
business of this Grand Commandery for the ensuing
year, now declare themselves ready to enter upon
the duties of their several stations.
The Grand Commander will then arise, call up the
Grand Commandery, and address the officers elect in
these words:
Eminent Sir Knights: Before proceeding to invest
you with the honors and responsibilities of your
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several offices, it becomes my duty to administer to
you the obligation of office. Do you severally con-
sent to take upon yourselves that obligation?
The Grand Mar-
They bow in token of assent.
sbal will then cause each Sir Knight in the line of
officers elect occupying the odd number from the
right of the line, to draw his sword, dropping it to
the left to a horizontal position. The Sir Knight on
his left will lay his left hand upon the sword, then
each place his right hand upon his left breast, and
repeat after the Grand Commander the following
VOW OF OFFICE.
I,
do solemnly promise and vow, that I
will maintain and support the Constitution of the
Grand Encampment of Knights Templar of the
United States of America, the Statutes and Regula-
tions of the Grand Commandery of the State of
Ohio, and that I will, to the best of my ability,
faithfully discharge the duties of the office to which
I have been elected.
The Grand Marshal will then conduct the Grand
Commander elect to a position in front of the altar,
and, addressing the presiding officer, will say:
-
Right Eminent Grand Commander: I present to you,
Eminent Sir
who has been elected to the
office of Grand Commander, and who now declares
himself ready for installation.
The presiding officer will then say:
Attention, Sir Knights-UNCOVER.
Let us unite with Sir Knight our Prelate in an
invocation to the Throne of Grace.
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The Prelate will pronounce the following or some
other appropriate
PRAYER.
ALMIGHTY FATHER, Source of light and life, from
whom cometh down every good and perfect gift;
Thou who wast aforetime, art now, and ever shall be,
world without end. We approach Thy holy presence
with deep humility, acknowledging our manifold
transgressions, and supplicating a continuance of
that tender mercy which has preserved us from the
dangers that surround our walk through life.
Inasmuch, O Father, as Thou hast promised when
two or three are gathered together in Thy name, to
be with them, we would beseech Thee to shed the
light of Thy blessing on our present Conclave, and
grant that all its purposes and all its acts may
redound to Thy glory, and to the hastening of the
day when all the nations of earth shall learn Thy
name and bless the sacrifice of Immanuel.
Be pleased, out of Thine infinite mercy, to look
upon and bless these Thy servants who are about to
be invested with power to rule over and govern our
Order; incline their hearts to follow after Thee;
endue them with wisdom, with fortitude, with con-
stancy and with courage, to maintain the precepts of
Thy holy religion, causing their good works so to
shine before men that others, seeing them, may
bless Thy holy name.
Be with each of us here assembled; guide us in
all our acts; mercifully forgive our many sins, and
teach us so to bear the cross, that we may finally
merit the Crown of Eternal Life, through the merits
of our Divine and Ascended Saviour.
Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be
Thy name: Thy kingdom come: Thy will be done, in
earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily
bread and forgive us our debts as we forgive our
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debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver
us from evil: for Thine is the kingdom, and the
power, and the glory for ever. Amen.
The Grand Commandery will be covered, and the
presiding officer will deliver the following
CHARGE TO THE GRAND COMMANDER.
Right Eminent Sir: Having been chosen by the
partiality of the Sir Knights assembled in annual
Conclave, to the most exalted station in their power
to bestow, I offer you my sincere congratulations
upon your elevation to that distinguished position,
and with great pleasure invest you with the jewel of
your office.
The Grand Marshal will place the jewel on the left
breast of the Grand Commander.
Your long and intimate acquaintance with the rules
of our Order and with the duties of Christian
Knighthood, render it unnecessary for me to recapit-
ulate them at this time. Suffer me, however, to re-
mind you, that the high honors of your office are
accompanied by weighty responsibilities. While, in
all things pertaining to your command, your authority
will at all times be respected and your orders
cheerfully obeyed, yet it is expected that you will
not only have a watchful care over the interests of
the Order in your jurisdiction, and enforce a prompt
obedience to its rules and regulations; but, that you
will feel called upon to exemplify in your daily walk
and conversation the excellent tenets of our profes-
sion; that your ears will never be closed to the cry
of the widow and the orphan, and that you will not
turn aside from injured innocence, and the wayfaring
brother in distress. Maintain with unfailing care the
statutes and regulations, and in your respect for
law, cause all others to find the strongest incentive to
obedience of all your lawful commands.
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Be pleased, Right Eminent Sir, to approach the
East.
Attention, Sir Knights-Handle SWORDS-Draw-
SWORDS-Present-ARMS-SALUTE YOUR
GRAND COMMANDER--
Carry-ARMS-Return-Swords.
The presiding officer will now take from his neck
the Patriarchal Cross, and, holding it in his hand,
continue in these words:
And now, Right Eminent Sir Knight, there remains
to me the pleasing duty of placing in your official
custody this special insignia of the dignified position,
upon the duties of which you are about to enter.
Around it cluster the thronging memories of our
country's history-for it is, as you know, a portion
of the renowned Charter Oak-the associations of our
own history as a Grand Commandery, and the frater-
nal ties that bind you as with a threefold cord to
your predecessors in command-some of whom are
still spared to us to assist in the gratifying ceremony
of this investiture-but above all, as the symbol of
that faith which, as a Templar, you have vowed to
uphold-as the emblem of that sacrifice made by the
the Great Captain of our salvation, that we might
live-as the sign by which we conquer, its value is
beyond expression. Receive it then, Sir Knight
(placing it on his neck), as a sacred trust. And, as you
look upon it, may you, if possible, be moved to greater
loyalty to your country and to the indivisible union
of all its parts; to a more zealous devotion to the im-
portant duties of your station, and to a firmer and more
exalted faith in the sublime doctrines of the religion
of Immanuel.
The Grand Commandery will now be seated, and
should the new Grand Commander desire to offer any
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remarks. this is the appropriate time. At their con.
clusion, the Grand Marshal will present the rema n-
ing Grand Officers for installation, which may be
done by the Grand Commander in person, or he may
waive his right in favor of the Sir Knight previously
officiating. In either case, the following charges will
be delivered:
CHARGE TO THE DEPUTY GRAND COMMANDER.
Very Eminent Sir: The duties of the important
station to which you have been elected are of such a
nature as to require application of your utmost skill,
a complete knowledge of the ritual and of the stat-
utes and regulations governing this Grand Comman-
dery; for you are the immediate representative of
the Grand Commander, and in case of unforseen cas-
ualty to him-which God forbid-you are to enter
upon his functions and assume his responsibilities.
The elevated position you are thus called to under-
take demands a corresponding zeal and devotion on
your part, which I doubt not, you will ever be found
ready to exercise. I now invest you with the jewel
of your office, and will only remind you, in conclu-
sion, that you are henceforward on duty, and that the
faithful soldier and valiant Knight sleep not at their
posts.
CHARGE TO THE GRAND GENERALISSIMO.
Eminent Sir: Having been elected to the important
station of Grand Generalissimo, I take great pleasure
in completing that ceremony by investing you with
the appropriate jewel of your office. Your station is
on the right of the Deputy Grand Commander, and
the exercise of all your talents and zeal will be neces-
sary in the discharge of your various duties. In the
absence of your superior officers, the command will
devolve upon you. I charge you, therefore, to be
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faithful to your associates; put them often in remem-
brance of those things which tend to their ever-
lasting peace; be instant in season and out of sea-
Bon; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all long-suffering
and doctrine, ever remembering the promise, "Be
thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown
of life."
CHARGE TO THE GRAND CAPTAIN GENERAL.
Eminent Sir: The office of Grand Captain General,
to which you have been elected, is one of the most
important in the gift of the Grand Commandery, and
I trust that in investing you with the jewel of your
office, I also remind you how necessary it is that you
should apply yourself with all diligence to the duties
that devolve upon you.
Your station is on the left of the Grand Commander,
and you are to assist him and your associate officers
in council, and in their absence to govern the Grand
Commandery. You are to have in charge the Grand
Asylum, and see that it is in suitable array for the
dispatch of business. Improve your opportunities
in extending knightly courtesy and hospitality to all
true and faithful Sir Knights, and in the preservation
of harmony within the bounds of our jurisdiction; and
whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as unto the Lord,
and not unto men; continuing fervent in prayer,
watching therein with thanksgiving; ever bearing in
mind the promise, Be not weary in well doing, for
in due season ye shall reap if ye faint not.
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CHARGE TO THE GRAND PRELATE.
Eminent Sir: To your lot has fallen the sacred
duties of the office of Grand Prelate, and in discharge
of my duty I invest you with the appropriate jewel
thereof. Your station will be on the right of the
Grand Generalissim, and your duty there to attend
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to the religious duties, as well of our Grand Con-
claves as of our public ceremonials. The duties of
your office are very interesting and highly important,
and will require your punctual attendance at every
Conclave; and may He who is able, abundantly fur-
nish you for every good work, preserve you from
falling into error-improve, strengthen, establish and
perfect you, and finally greet you with, Well done,
thou good and faithful servant, enter thou into the
joy of thy Lord."
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CHARGE TO THE GRAND SENIOR WARDEN.
Eminent Sir: You have been elected Grand Senior
Warden in this Grand Commandery, and I now invest
you with the jewel of your office. Your station is at
the Southwest angle of the triangle and on the right
of the first division. It will be your special care to
form the avenues for the approach and departure of
the Grand Commander, and to prepare the lines for
inspection and review. Let it be your constant care
that the warrior be not deterred from duty nor the
penitent molested on his journey. Finally, “Let
your light so shine before men, that they, seeing your
good works, may glorify our Father which is in
heaven."
CHARGE TO THE GRAND JUNIOR WARDEN.
Eminent Sir: Having been elected Grand Junior
Warden, I now invest you with the jewel of your
office. Your station is at the Northwest angle of the
triangle, and on the left of the whole when in line,
and on the right of the second and third divisions.
Your duty will be to attend on all wayfaring Knights,
and if found worthy, to introduce them, on the order
of the Grand Commander, into the Asylum.
you are enjoined to see that they are provided with
sandals, scrip and staff, you are also to keep a watch
over your own actions, making them such as befit a
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child of humility. Truth is mighty, and those who
are guided by it shall ultimately prevail; be ye
therefore perfect, always abounding in the work of
the Lord, that you may be a bright and shining light
in the world-a city set on a hill that cannot be hid.
CHARGE TO THE GRAND TREASURER.
Eminent Sir: You have been elected Treasurer of
the Grand Commandery, and I now invest you with
the official jewel of your station, which is on the
right, in front of the Grand Commander. The qual-
ities that should especially distinguish the incumbent
of your station are accuracy and fidelity-accuracy,
in keeping a fair and minute account of all receipts
and disbursements; fidelity, in carefully preserving
all the property and funds of the Grand Commandery
that may lawfully come into your hands, and render-
ing a just account of the same whenever called upon
for that purpose. Your respect for and attachment
to this Grand Commandery and the great Order of
which it is the organ, will doubtless stimulate you to
a zealous, faithful and prompt discharge of the trust
confided to you.
CHARGE TO THE GRAND RECORDER.
In
Eminent Sir: By the suffrages of the Grand Com-
mandery, you have been chosen Grand Recorder, and
I now invest you with the badge of your office.
selecting a person to discharge the duties of this
most important trust, the Sir Knights have unques-
tionably been guided by a belief that you possess in
a large degree the qualities that should distinguish a
Grand Recorder, which are: promptitude in issuing
the notifications of his superior officers; punctuality
in attending the Conclaves of the Grand Commandery;
correctness in recording their proceedings; integrity
in accounting for all moneys that may pass through
his hands, and fidelity in paying over the same to the
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Grand Treasurer; and I cannot doubt your resolve to
discharge these important duties with benefit to the
Grand Commandery, and with honor to yourself.
Your station, to which you will now repair, is on the
left of the Grand Commander, in front.
CHARGE TO THE GRAND STANDARD BEARER.
Eminent Sir: To you has been awarded the dis-
tinction of Grand Standard Bearer, and I now invest
you with the jewel appropriate to that office. Your
station is in the West, and in the centre of the second
division. Your duty is to display, support and pro-
tect the banner of our Order, which I now place in
your official custody. You will remember that, as in
the olden time, it is our rallying point in time of
danger, that as, on the fields of Palestine, the Beau-
seant rarely gave back in time of battle, so now,
when unfurled in the great cause of humanity, it is
for you to see that it is never relinquished to an
enemy, but with your life. Let, therefore, your con-
duct be such that the virtuous will delight to imitate
it; let the refulgent rays that ever emanate from
pure benevolence and humility, diffuse their lustre
on all around you, that it may animate and encourage
all true and courteous Sir Knights, and confound and
dismay their enemies.
CHARGE TO THE GRAND SWORD BEARER.
Eminent Sir:-Having been elected Grand Sword
Bearer, I now invest you with the jewel of your
office. Your station is on the right of the Grand
Standard Bearer, and on the right of the second
division. Your duty is to watch all orders and
signals from the Grand Commander, and see that
they are promptly obeyed. You are also to assist in
the protection of the banners of our Order, and with
a heart warmly devoted to the principles of Faith,
Hope and Charity; with the mystic sword that is
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endowed with justice and fortitude, and tempered
by mercy, in your hand, you may cast your eyes
upon the Standard, and remember that "in hoc signo
vinces is an expressive motto of our Order, and
consoling to the heart of every believer.
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CHARGE TO THE GRAND WARDER.
Eminent Sir:- The Grand Commandery have se-
lected you to fill the office of Grand Warder, and I
now invest you with the badge of your station.
Your station is on the left of the Grand Standard
Bearer, and on the left of the second division.
Your duty is to observe the orders of the Grand
Commander, to announce his approach and depart-
ure, as well as that of all visiting Sir Knights who
may be admitted to the privileges of our Conclaves.
You will therefore observe the virtue of punctuality,
and by a strict observance of your important duties,
merit, not only the honor now conferred upon you,
but the commendation of all Sir Knights who may
participate in your official courtesy.
CHARGE TO THE GRAND CAPTAIN OF THE GUARDS.
Sir - You have been elected to the respon-
sible station of Grand Captain of the Guards, and
I now invest you with the jewel appropriate to
your office. It would be difficult to over-estimate the
importance of the functions with which you are thus
invested. Holding the post of danger, and therefore
that of honor, your vigilance should be sleepless,
your courage undaunted, and your courtesy beyond
question. See to it that the avenue of approach be
strictly guarded; that your courage keep all enemies
at bay, while the valiant and true acknowledge in
you the kind welcome due to the valiant soldiers of
the cross.
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The Grand Marshal will then make the following
PROCLAMATION.
In the name and by authority of the Grand
Commandery of Knights Templar of the State of
Ohio, 1 proclaim the officers thereof duly elected
and installed.
The Grand Prelate will then conclude the ceremo-
nies by the following
CHARGE AND INVOCATION.
Sir Knights: Having now elected your officers
and inducted them with appropriate ceremony into
their several stations, you cannot be insensible to the
duties of respect and obedience you owe them. It
would indeed be a sorry compliment to your knowl-
edge of our Order could it be supposed that you will
fail in rendering them, collectively and individually,
the weight of your influence in the discharge of the
functions with which you have formally invested
them. For, while in one sense they are but your
agents, their success or failure will redound to your
credit or blame, as you yourselves shall prove ready
to second their lawful undertakings, and by your
prompt obedience, set an example of loyalty to the
constituents you represent. The past history of this
Grand Commandery is a bright and open page,
undimmed by any record but such as befits the gallant
and true. Unquestioning fealty to the constitutions
and edicts of our national organization, a warm and
generous support of the office-bearers chosen to
represent us before the world, and a strict adherence
to the statutes and regulations of our Order, have
thus far been its distinguishing characteristics; and
it now remains for you to continue the record and
hand down to your successors the glorious renown
acquired by your predecessors. That you will
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earnestly strive so to do, I cannot doubt, and I
fervently pray that He who is a strong tower and
defence to those who put their trust in Him may have
you in His holy keeping and bless all your laudable
endeavors.
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and
in the power of His might. Whereof take unto you
the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to
withstand in the evil day, having your loins girt about
with truth, and having on the breastplate of right-
eousness, and your feet shod with the preparation
of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield
of faith, the helmet of salvation, and the sword of
the Spirit, which is the word of God.
Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith from
God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
Response: so mote it be.
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CONSTITUTION
OF THE
Grand Encampment of Knights Templar
FOR THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
With latest Amendments, at Meeting in Columbus, O., 1865.
ARTICLE FIRST.
OF THE GRAND ENCAMPMENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
SECTION I-How Constituled.
The Grand Encampment of Knights Templar of the
United States is constituted as follows:
The Grand Master, Deputy Grand Master, Grand Gen-
eralissimo, Grand Captain General, Grand Prelate,
Grand Senior Warden, Grand Junior Warden. Grand
Treasurer, Grand Recorder, Grand Standard Bearer,
Grand Sword Bearer, Grand Warder, Grand Captain of
the Guard; Likewise: All Past Grand Masters, all Past
Deputy Grand Masters, all Past Grand Generalissimos,
and all Past Grand Captains General of the Grand
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Encampment of the United States; Likewise: All
Grand Commanders, all Past Grand Commanders, all
Deputy Grand Commanders, all Grand Generalissimos,
and all Grand Captains General of each State Grand
Commandery that acknowledges the jurisdiction of the
United States Grand Encampment. Each of the indi-
viduals above enumerated shall be entitled, when
present, to one vote in all the proceedings of the Grand
Encampment of the United States; Likewise: The first
three Officers of each Commandery that holds its char-
ter immediately from the Grand Encampment of the
United States.
These, or as many of them as may be present at any
meeting of the Grand Encampment of the United
States, shall be entitled collectively to one vote.
All Officers of the late General Grand Encampment
shall rank and have all the privileges of members of
equal rank as provided for herein.
No person shall be eligible to any office in the Grand
Encampment of the United States unless he shall be at
the time a member of some Subordinate Commandery
under the general or immediate jurisdiction of the
Grand Encampment of the United States.
SECTION II.-Proxies.
The first four Officers named in Section I, of this
Article; likewise: the first four Officers of all State
Grand Commanderies; likewise: the first three Officers
of all Subordinate Chartered Commanderies held under
the immediate jurisdiction of the Grand Encampment
of the United States, may appear and vote by proxy;
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said proxies being at the time of service members of
Subordinate Commanderies, and producing properly
authenticated certificates of their appointment.
SECTION III.-Titles.
The title of the Grand Master of the Grand Encamp.
ment of the United States, is Most Eminent Grand Master
of Knights Templar; that of the Deputy Grand Master,
Right Eminent; of the remaining Officers of the Grand
Encampment, Very Eminent.
SECTION IV.-Meetings.
The Stated Meetings of the Grand Encampment of
the United States shall occur triennially, at such time
and place as may have been previous desiguated by the
Standing Committee (see Art. IV, Sec. 4, Rule 5), and
approved by the Grand Encampment of the United
States.
Special Meetings may be called by the Most Eminent
Grand Master at his discretion. And it shall be his
duty, upon the requisition of the majority of the State
Grand Commanderies, to him directed in writing, to
call special meetings of the Grand Encampment of the
United States.
The Grand Officers shall hold their respective offices
until their successors shall be duly elected and
installed.
At the Stated Meetings of the Grand Encampment of
the United States, there shall be reviewed and con
sidered all the official reports of its Officers, and of the
State Grand and Subordinate Commanderies, for tho
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preceding three years; they shall proceed to elect-by
ballot the several Officers of the Grand Encampment of
the United States, save and except the Prelate and
Captain of the Guards, who shall be appointed by the
Grand Master at the opening of the Triennial Sessions
(see Art. I, Sec. 5); to adopt such rules and edicts as
may be necessary for the good of the Order; to examine
the accounts of the Grand Secretary and Grand
Recorder; to supervise the state and condition of the
finances, and adopt such measures in relation thereto as
may be necessary to increase, secure and preserve the
same, and also to insure the utmost punctuality on the
part of every accounting officer, in the safe keeping
and paying over the funds and property of the Grand
Eucampment; to grant or withhold warrants, dispensa-
tions and charters for all new State or Subordinate
Commanderies (see Art. II, Sec. 1, and Art. III, Sec.
1); for good cause to revoke pre-existing warrants,
charters or dispensations; to assign the limits of the
State Grand Commanderies, and settle all controversies
that may arise between them; and finally, to consider
and do all matters and things appertaining to the good,
well-being and perpetuation of the principies of Tem-
plar Masonry.
No business shall be transacted at the called meet-
ings, save that which was specified in the original
Summons.
At every meeting, all questions shall be determined by
a majority of votes, the presiding officer being entitled
to one vote. In case the votes are equally divided, he
has the casting vote. This Grand Encampment being
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a legislative body, acknowledging no superior admits
an appeal to be taken by any member from the decision
of the chair, on any question under consideration
therein: Provided, however, that such appeal shall
not be maintained unless two-thirds of all the members
present shall vote therefor. That right is adopted for
this Grand Encampment alone, and is not to be con-
strued as establishing a precedent for the guidance of
any other Masonic Body.
SECTION V.-Duties of the Officers.
1. THE GRAND MASTER.-It is the prerogative and
duty of the Grand Master, generally, to exercise, as
occasion may require, all the rights appertaining to his
high office, in accordance with the usages of Templar
Masonry. And as a part thereof, he shall have a
watchful supervision over all the Commanderies, State
and Subordinate, in the United States, and see that all
the constitutional enactments, rules and edicts of the
Grand Encampment are duly and promptly observed,
and that the dress, work and discipline of Templar
Masonry everywhere, are uniform.
Among his special duties and prerogatives are the
following:
To appoint the Prelate and Captain of the Guard, at
the Triennial Meetings of the Grand Encampment. (See
Art I, Sec. 4).
To call Special Meetings of the Grand Encampment
of the United States. (Art. I, Sec. 4).
To visit and preside at any Commandery, Graud or
Subordinate, in the United States, and give such
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instructions and directions as the good of the Institu-
tion may require, always adhering to the Ancient Land-
marks.
To cause to be executed, and securely to preserve
or keep, the official bonds and securities of the Grand
Treasurer and Grand Recorder. (See Art. IV, Sec. 3).
To grant Letters of Dispensation during the recess of
the Grand Encampment, for the institu ion of new Com-
manderies (see Art. III, Sec. 1), such Dispensations to
be in force no longer than the next Triennial Meeting
of that body, and promptly to notify the Grand Recorder
of the issuing of said Letters of Dispensation.
To approve and grant Warrants during the recess of
the Grand Encampment, for the institution of State
Grand Commanderies in States, Districts, or Territories,
where the same have not been heretofore established.
(See Art. II, Sec. 1).
To manage and control the contingent fund. (See
Art. IV, Sec. 1).
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2. THE DEPUTY GRAND MASTER. The Deputy
Grand Master, in the event of the death, removal, or
physical incompetency of his superior, shall act as the
Grand Master. Atall other times he shall perform such
duties as may be assigned him by the Grand Encamp-
ment or the Grand Master.
3. THE GRAND GENERALISSIMO AND GRAND CAP-
TAIN GENERAL.--In the absence of their respective
superiors, the Grand Generalissimo and Grand Captain
General shall severally act as Grand Master, in order,
according to rank. At all other times they shall per-
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form such duties as may be assigned them by the Grand
Encampment, or such as are traditionally appropriate
to their respective stations.
4. THE GRAND TREASURER.-The Grand Treasurer,
unless otherwise directed by the Grand Encampment,
shall invest from time to time all such moneys as may
come to his hands, belonging to the Grand Encamp-
ment, over and above the sum of three hundred dol-
lars, in such way as he may judge most to the interest
of the Grand Encampment, but subject to call on
thirty days' notice. And the same shall be at his
command on the first day of September preceding the
triennial meeting of the Grand Encampment. He shall
render to the Grand Encampment, at its triennial meet-
ings, a true and perfect account of his doings in this
respect, together with an account of all moneys
received, the earnings thereon accrued from invest-
ments, and the amounts disbursed by him during the
vacation; likewise a copy of the same to the Grand
Master, by the first day of September preceding the
triennial meeting, to the end that the Grand Master
may make such suggestions on account thereof as he
may deem necessary.
He shall pay all drafts drawn upon the contingent
fund by the Grand Master. (See Art. IV, Sec. 1.)
He shall carefully preserve, and render from time
to time, as ordered, an inventory of all property
belonging to the Grand Encampment, intrusted to his
keeping.
5. THE GRAND RECORDER.-The Grand Recorder
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shall collect and receive all the revenues of the Grand
Encampment, and pay over the amount to the Grand
Treasurer whenever it reaches the sum of one hundred
dollars. He shall render annually to the Grand Master
and to the Grand Treasurer, copies of his accounts of
all moneys received and expended by him-naming the
sources from which they were received-bringing up
said accounts to the first day of September; likewise
to the Grand Encampment, triennially, a general
account of the same. He shall forward to each newly
constituted Commandery, immediately upon receiving
official notice that a Dispensation has issued, a copy of
this Constitution, together with whatever rules and
edicts are in force.
He shall report to the Grand Encampment, on the
second day of each triennial meeting, the names of
those Commanderies working under the immediate
jurisdiction of the Grand Encampment, which have not
complied with the requisition (see Art. III, Sec. 4) to
furnish him with all its full triential, historical and
financial returns for the use of the Grand Encampment.
He shall report annually, on the first day of Septem-
ber, to the Grand Master, the names of those Com-
manderies, working under the immediate jurisdiction
of the Grand Encampment, which have not complied
with the requisition (see Art. III, Sec 4) to furnish
him with its full annual, historical and financial returns
for the use of the Grand Master.
He shall open and keep a "Book of Templar Ma-
sonry," in which shall be entered, in appropriate
columns, the following subjects:
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A.-A Register of Commanderies, to contain,
1. The date of issuing every Warrant, Dispensation
and Charter for a Grand or Subordinate Commaudery,
granted by authority of the Grand Encampment since
its origin.
2. The roll of officers of the Grand Conclave of the
Royal, Exalted, Religious and Military Order of Ma-
sonic Knights Templar in England and Wales, together
with the roll of Encampments, officers and members of
the Provincial Grand Conclave of Canada.
B.-A Register of Membership, to contain,
1. The roll of officers of the Grand Encampment,
with their terms of service, etc., etc., since the origin
of the same.
2. The roll of officers and members of each Grand
and Subordinate Commandery now working under the
jurisdiction of the Grand Encampment, with all the
current changes resulting from removals, dismissions,
suspensions, expulsions and deaths.
C-Historical Data, tending to lighten up the history
of Templar Masonry in the United States.
Likewise, to collect, and in orderly volumes bind, a
copy of all the proceedings of the Grand Encampment
since its organization, together with copies of by-laws,
impressions of seals, proceedings of State Grand Com-
manderies, etc., etc., and to make a triennial report of
his official acts.
6. THE REMAINING OFFICERS.-The duties of the
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remaining officers of the Grand Encampment are such
as are traditi nally appropriate to their respective sta-
tions, or such as may be assigned them by the Grand
Encampment.
The Grand Master, the Deputy Grand Master, the
Grand Generalissimo, and the Grand Captain General,
are severally authorized to visit and preside in any
Commandery of Knights Templar throughout the juris-
diction of the Grand Encampment, and to give such
instructions and directions as the good of the institu-
tion may require, always adhering to the Ancient Land-
marks.
In the event of the absence of all the fur principal
officers of the Grand. Encampment, the Past Grand
officers, according to rank and seniority of service,
shall be empowered to preside.
The Grand Treasurer and the Grand Recorder shall
severally give bond and security, in such form and to
such an amount-but not less than double the estimated
triennial receipts by either-as shall from time to time
be determined by the Grand Master, who shall judge
and approve the sufficiency of such bonds and securi-
ties, and who shall keep and preserve the same.
Any Grand officer-save as above excepted-coming
into the receipt of moneys or property belonging to the
Grand Encampment, shall forthwith remit the same to
the Grand Recorder.
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ARTICLE SECOND.
OF THE STATE GRAND COMMANDERIES.
SECTION I.-How Constituted.
Whenever there shall be three or more Subordinate
Chartered Commauderies instituted or holden under this
Constitution, in any one State, District or Territory, in
which a Grand Encampment has not been heretofore
formed, a Grand Commandery may be formed after
obtaining the approval of the Grand Master or the
Grand Encampment. Its jurisdiction shall be the ter-
ritorial limits in which it is holden.
A State Grand Commandery consists of the following
members:
Grand Commander, Deputy Grand Commander,
Grand Generalissimo, Grand Captain General, Grand
Prelate, Grand Senior Warden, Grand Junior Warden,
Grand Treasurer, Grand Recorder, Grand Standard
Bearer, Grand Sword Bearer, Grand Warder, and
Grand Captain of the Guards; likewise, all Past Grand
Commanders and Grand Masters, all Past Deputy Grand
Commanders and Deputy Grand Masters, all Past
Grand Generalissimos, all Past Grand Captains General
of the same Grand Commandery, so long as they remain
members of the Subordinate Commanderies under the
same territorial jurisdiction; likewise, the Commander,
Generalissimo, and Captain General of each Subordinate
Commandery working under the same Grand Command-
ery; likewise, all Past Commanders of the Subordinate
Commanderies, working under the same Grand Com-
manderies, so long as they remain members of Sub-
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ordinate Commanderies under the same territorial
jurisdiction.
Each of the individuals enumerated in this section
shall be entitled, when present, to one vote in all the
proceedings of the State Grand Commandery.
No person shall be eligible to any office in a State
Grand Commandery, unless he shall be at the time a
member of some Subordinate Commandery working
under the same Grand Commandery.
The Grand Commandery of Massachusetts and Rhode
Island is recognized as holding jurisdiction over both
those States.
SECTION II-Proxies.
Any officer specified in Section I. of this Article,
save and except Past Commanders, may appear and
vote by proxy, said proxy being, at the time of service,
a member of the same Subordinate Commandery as his
principal, and producing a properly authenticated cer-
tificate of his appointment.
SECTION III.-Titles.
The title and designation of the Grand Commander
of a State Grand Commandery, is Right Eminent; that
of Deputy Grand Commander, Very Eminent; of the
remaining officers of the Grand Commandery, Eminent.
SECTION IV.-Meetings
The stated meetings of a State Grand Commandery
shall occur annually, at such time and place as said
Grand Commandery, in its discretion, may direct.
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Special meetings may be called by the Grand Com-
mander, at his discretion.
The several Grand Officers shall hold their respective
offices until their successors shall be duly elected and
installed.
At the stated metings of each Grand Commandery,
there shall be reviewed and cons dered all the official
reports of its officers and of the Subordinate Command-
eries within its jurisdiction for the preceding year.
They shall proceed to elect by ballot the several offi
cers of the Grand Commandery (see Art. II. Sec. I).
To adopt such rules and edicts, subordinate to the
Constitution of the Grand Encampment of the United
States, as may be necessary for the good of the Order.
To examine the accounts of the Grand Treasurer and
Grand Recorder. To supervise the state and condition
of the finances, and adopt such measures in relation
thereto as may be necessary to increase, secure and
preserve the same, and also to insure the utmost punc-
tuality on the part of every accounting officer, in the
safe keeping and paying over the funds and property of
the Grand Commandery. To grant or withhold Dispen-
sations and Charters for all new Commanderies. For
good cause to revoke any pre-existing Charter or Dis-
pensation; to assign the limits of Subordinate Com-
manderies within its own jurisdiction, and settle all
controversies that may arise between them; and finally,
to consider and do all matters and things appertaining
to the good, well-being and perpetuition of Templar
Masonry, but always subordinate to the Grand Encamp-
ment of the United States.
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No business shall be transacted at the called meetings
save that which was specified in the original summons.
At every meeting all questions shall be determined
by a majority of votes, the presiding officer, for the
time being, being entitled to one vote. In case the
votes are equally divided, he shall also give the casting
vote. No appeal shall lie to the Grand Commandery
from the decision of the Grand Commander.
1.
SECTION V.-Duties of its Offiers.
THE GRAND COMMANDER.-The Grand Comman-
der of a State Grand Commandery shall have a watchful
supervision over all the Subordinate Commanderies
under his jurisdiction, and see that all the constitutional
enactments, rules and edicts of the Grand Encampment
of the United States, and of his own Grand Command-
ery, are duly and properly observed.
He shall have the power and authority, during the
recess of his Grand Commandery, to grant Letters of
Dispensation to a competent number of petitioners,
nine or more, residing within his jurisdiction, and pos-
sessing the constitutional qualifications empowering
them to form and open a Commandery; such Dispensa-
tions to be in force no longer than the next annual
meeting of his Grand Commandery. But no Letters of
Dispensation for constituting a new Commandery shall
be issued, save upon the recommendation of the Com-
mandery in the same territorial jurisdiction nearest the
place of the new Commandery prayed for.
He may call special meetings of his Grand Command-
ery at bis discretion. (See Art. II, Sec. 4.)
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He may visit and preside at any Commandery wi hin
the jurisdiction of his Grand Commandery, and give
such instructions and directions as the good of the
institution may require, but always adhering to the
Ancient Landmarks.
It is his duty, either in person or by proxy, to at end
all meetings of the Grand Encampment of the United
States.
2. THE DEPUTY GRAND COMMANDER.-The Deputy
Grand Commander, in the event of the death, removal,
or physical incompetency of his superior, shall act as
the Grand Commander. At all other times he shall
perform such duties as may be assigned him by the
Commandery or the Grand Commander.
It is his duty, either in person or by proxy, to attend
all meetings of the Grand Encampment of the United
States.
3. GRAND GENERALISSIMO AND GRAND CAPTAIN
GENERAL. In the absence of their respective superiors,
the Grand Generalissimo and Grand Captain General,
shall severally act as Grand Commanders, in order,
according to rank. At all other times they shall per-
form such duties as may be assigned them by the G and
Commandery, or such as are traditionally appropriate
to their respective stations.
It is their duty, either in person or by proxy, to
attend all meetings of the Grand Encampment of the
United States.
4. THE GRAND RECORDER.-The Grand Recorder
shall make an annual communication to the Grand
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Recorder of each of the other Grand Commanderies,
likewise to the Grand Master and the Grand Recorder
of the Grand Encampment of the United States, said
communication to embrace the roll of Grand Officers,
and such other matter as may conduce to the general
good of the Order. He shall also regularly transmit to
he Grand Master and Grand Recorder of the Grand
Encampment of the United States copies of all the By-
Laws and Regulations adopted by his Grand Com-
mandery.
The duties of the remaining officers, as well as those
above specified, shall be such as are traditionally appro-
priate to their respective stations. or allotted to them
by the Grand Commandery, and corresponding as near
as may be to those of the corresponding officers of the
Grand Encampment f the United States.
In the event of the absence of all the four principal
officers of the Grand Commandery, the Past Grand Offi-
cers, according to the rank and seniority of service,
shall be empowered to preside.
ARTICLE THIRD.
OF SUBORDINATE COMMANDERIES.
SECTION I.-How Constituted.
Each State Grand Commandery shall have exclusive
power to Constitute new Commanderies within its juris-
diction. During the recess of the Grand Commandery,
the Grand Commander shall have power to grant Letters
of Dispensation to a competent number of petitioners,
aine or more, possessing the constitutional qualifica-
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tions, and residing within its territorial jurisdiction,
empowering them to form and open a Commandery for
a term of time not extending beyond the next stated
meeting of the Grand Commandery.
The Grand Encampment of the United States shall
have exclusive power to constitute new Commanderies
within any State, District or Territory wherein there is
no State Commandery regularly formed under the
authority of the Grand Encampment of the United
States. During the recess of the Grand Encampment,
the Grand Master shall have the power to grant Letters
of Dispensation to a competent number of petitioners,
nine or more, possessing the constitutional qualifica-
tions, and residing within said unappropriated State,
District or Territory, empowering them to form and
open a Commandery for a term of time not extending
beyond the next stated meeting of the Grand Encamp-
ment of the United States.
A Subordinate Commandery consists of the following
members:
The Commander, Generalissimo, Captain General,
Prelate, Senior Warden, Junior Warden, Treasurer,
Recorder, Standard Bearer, Sword Bearer, and Warder;
likewise, as many members as may be found convenient
for work and discipline.
Each of the individuals enumerated in this section
shall be entitled, when present, to one vote in all the
proceedings of the subordinate Commandery.
SECTION II.-Titles.
The title and designation of the Commander of a
Subordinate Commandery is Eminent.
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SECTION III.-Meetings.
The stated meetings of a Subordinate Commandery
shall occur at least semi-annually, at such time and
place as may be specified in the Charter, or designated
in the By-Laws of the Commandery.
Special meetings may be called by the Commander
at his discretion.
The several officers shall hold their respective offices
until their successors be duly elected and installed.
No business shall be performed at the called meetings,
save that which was specified in the original summons.
At every meeting, all questions shall be determined
by a majority of votes, the presiding officer for the
time being, being entitled to one vote. In case the
votes are equally divided, he shall also give the casting
vote. No appeal shall lie to the Subordinate Command-
ery, from the decision of the Commander.
SECTION IV.-Duties of the Officers.
THE COMMANDER.-The Commander has it in special
charge to see that the By-Laws of his Commandery are
duly observed, as well as the Constitution, Rules and
Edicts of the State Grand Commandery, and of the
Grand Encampment of the United States; that accurate
records are kept and just accounts rendered; that reg-
ular returns are made to the Grand Encampment or
Commandery, annually; and that the annual dues are
promptly paid.
It is his duty, together with the Generalissimo and
Captain General, either in person or by proxy, to attend
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all meetings of his Grand Encampment or Commandery.
THE RECORDER.-It shall be the duty of the Recorder
of every Subordinate Commandery, working under the
immediate jurisdiction of the Grand Encampment of
the United States, to report annually to the Grand
Recorder of the Grand Encampment of the United
States, up to the first day of August, the roll of his
officers and members, and the working roll of his Com-
mandery; and to accompany the same with the amount
of dues to the Grand Encampment of the United States.
For failure herein, the Commandery so offending shall
be subject to Knightly discipline.
In the event of the absence of all the three principal
officers of the Commandery, the Past Commanders,
according to rank and seniority of service, shall be
empowered to preside.
ARTICLE FOURTH.
MISCELLANEOUS.
SECTION 1.-Fees, Dues, and Financials.
The fee for instituting a new Commandery shall not
be less than ninety dollars.
For every Knignt Templar created in any Command-
ery, holden by Dispensation or Charter, whilst under
the immediate jurisdiction of the Grand Encampment of
the United States, there shall be paid two dollars into
the treasury of the Grand Encampment of the United
States.
The Grand Recorder of the Grand Encampment of
the United States shall receive ten dollars as his fee
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for each Charter issued, and five dollars for endorsing,
under the seal of the Grand Encampment of the United
States, the extension of a Dispensation.
The State Grand Commanderies, respectively, shall
possess authority, upon the institution of new Com-
manderies within their respective jurisdictions, to
require from the several Commanderies within their
respective jurisdictions, such proportions of the sums
received by them for conferring the Orders; likewise,
such sums, in the form of annual dues from their
respective members, as may be necessary for supporting
the Grand Commandery.
No Subordinate Cominandery shall confer the Orders
of Knighthood for a less sum than twenty dollars.
There shall be a Contingent Fund of three hundred
dollars, placed to the credit of the Most Eminent Grand
Master, on the books of the Grand Treasurer, at the
close of each triennial session; out of which the Grand
Master shall reimburse himself for his necessary cash
expenses in the performance of his constitutional duties,
and make a triennial report of the same to the Grand
Encampment.
There shall be appropriated at each triennial session
of the Grand Encampment of the United States, a suffi-
cient sum to be used by the Grand Recorder to meet
the current expenses of the Secretariat, of which he
shall render an account at the succeeding session.
SECTION II.-General Regulations.
1. No Commandery, Grand or Subordinate, shall
confer the Orders of Knighthood upon any one who is
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not a regular Royal Arch Mason, according to the
requirements of the General Grand Chapter of the
United States.
2. The rule of succession, in conferring the Orders
of Knighthood, shall be as follows: 1. Knight of the
Red Cross. 2. Knight Templar, and Knight of Malta.
3. Every Commandery working in a State, District
or Territory, where there is a Grand Commandery,
shall have a Dispensation or Charter from said Grand
Commandery. And no Commandery hereafter to be
formed or opened in such State, District or Territory,
shall be deemed legal without such Charter or Dispen-
sation. All Masonic communication, as a Templar, is
interdicted between any Commandery working under
the general or special jurisdiction of this Grand En-
campment, or any member thereof, and any Command-
ery or member of such, that may be formed, opened or
holden in such State, District or Territory, without
such Charter or Dispensation.
It shall be deemed irregular for any Commandery to
confer the Orders of Knighthood, or either of them,
upon any sojourner, whose settled place of residence is
within any State, District or Territory, in which there
is a Commandery regularly at work, until the consent
of the Commandery having territorial jurisdiction is
first obtained. In the event of the violation of this
interdict, the Commandery so offending shall be subject
to Knightly discipline, and be required, upon demand,
to pay over to the Cominandery thus defrauded, the
amount of fees received for such admission.
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The officers of every Commandery, Grand and Sub-
ordinate, before entering upon the exercise of their
respective offices, shall take the following obligation,
viz: "I (A. B.) do promise and vow that I will support
and maintain the Constitution of the Grand Encamp-
ment of Knights Templar of the United States of
America."
The Grand Master of this Grand Encampment may
issue his proxy to any Knight Templar in regular stand-
ing, authorizing him to constitute a Subordinate Com-
mandery which has received a Charter; and any
Commandery thus constituted shall be deemed regularly
constituted.
SECTION III.—Amendments.
The Grand Encampment shall be competent, upon
the concurrence of three-fourths of its members present
at any stated meeting, to revise, amend and alter this
Constitution: provided, one day's previous notice of
such a motion to amend be given, and a particular time
be set to take the vote thereon.
In all other cases, any proposed amendment shall lie
over until the next stated meeting of the Grand Encamp-
ment, when a concurring vote of two-thirds shall be
necessary to adopt such alteration, amendment or
revision.
SECTION IV.-Rules of Order.
RULE 1.-After the ceremony of opening the Grand
Encampment, it shall be the duty of the Grand Re-
corder to read the minutes of the last Triennial Session,
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unless such reading be dispensed with; and at the
resumption of business in each successive sitting, the
minutes of the preceding one shall also be read.
RULE 2.-A Committee on Credentials, consisting of
three Sir Knights, shall be appointed by the Grand
Master, to report at the open ng of the next sitting.
RULE 3.-After the report of this committee, the
Grand Master, the Deputy Grand Master, the Grand
Generalissimo, and the Grand Captain General, will
successively read the reports of their doings during the
preceding three years. These reports shall be referred to
the Standing Committee on the Doings of the Grand
Officers, who may recommend the apportionment of
such parts thereof to Special, or to such other of the
Standing Committees as they may deem necessary.
RULE 4.-The Standing Committees shall be:
1. A Committee on the Doings of the Grand Officers.
A Committee on Finance.
2.
3. A Committee on Dispensations and New Com-
manderies.
4.
A Committee on Unfinished Business.
5. A Committee on Grievances.
6.
A Committee on Masonic Jurisprudence.
7. A Committee to designate the place of the next
Triennial Meeting.
The report of these committees shall be heard in
order, except the last one, which shall report on the
last day of the meetings of the Grand Encampment.
RULE 5.-While the several committees are preparing
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their reports, the new business may be acted upon;
and if any subject is brought forward requiring a refer-
ence to any Standing or Special Committee, it shall be
go referred forthwith. All committees shall make it a
point to report as soon as convenient after their appoint-
ment.
RULE 6.-No Sir Knight shall be allowed to speak
more than once on the same subject, except to explain
the meaning of some of his remarks, unless it be by
special permission of the Grand Encampment first
obtained.
RULE 7.-The Grand Encampment shall proceed to
the election of offices for the ensuing three years,
immediately after the opening of the first sitting, on
T..ursday following the commencement of the Triennial
Meetings.
RULE S.-It shall be the duty of the Grand Master,
at each Triennial Meeting, if time permit, to cause an
exemplification of the work appertaining to the Orders
of Kuighthood to be exhibited before the Grand En.
campment; and also to correct, officially, all irregular.
ities and discrepancies that exist.
TEMPLAR JURISPRUDENCE
TEMPLAR JURISPRUDENCE.
DECISIONS MADE BY SIR WILLIAM B. HUBBARD,
GRAND MASTER OF THE GRAND ENCAMPMENT
OF THE UNITED STATES.
ON APPEALS.-No appeal from the decision of the
E. Commander of a Commandery lies, in any case
whatever; right or wrong, it is final, and reversible
only by himself, or by the Grand Commandery or
Grand Commander, in a proper way.
An appeal lies from the subordinate Commandery
to the Grand Commandery, for its decisions, when in
session, or to the Grand Commander during its recess.
RESIGNATION.-The E. Commander of a subordi-
nate Commandery cannot, after being installed,
resign his office.
DISCIPLINE.-A subordinate Commandery may not
try charges against their E. Commander; they may
not dispossess him for the time being of his official
command, nor substitute the Generalissimo in his
place. But the Grand Commander of the State
Grand Commandery has cognizance and ample juris-
prudence over the E. Commander of each subordinate
Commandery.
DEBATE. The use of "the previous question,"
according to the parliamentary sense of the term,
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has no place in Masonry. The presiding officer,
when he wishes the debate to cease, rises. Masonic
usage terminates discussion.
SUMMONSES.-The powers and duties of the E.
Commander are very extensive, and among which he
has the right to summon the members of his Com-
mandery at his discretion, and when summoned, it is
the duty of each to obey that summons.
The excuses for not complying with a summons are
few indeed, and are those that have a direct or near
connection with the word impossibility.
1. A verbal summons from the E. Commander is
as obligatory upon the party summoned as it would
be were it in writing.
2. The Seal of the Commandery is not necessary
to a written summons.
3. Every Sir Knight should promptly and strictly
obey the summons of his superior, or render a satis-
factory excuse.
A notice in a newspaper is not a regular summons,
nor can it be made a substitute for such summons.
"Due and timely notice" implies a personal notice
or summons, either verbal or written.
PETITIONS.-An applicant for the Orders should
apply to the nearest Commandery, and one under
dispensation occupies in this respect the same position
as a chartered Commandery.
FEES.-Past experience has convinced the older
Sir Knights generally, that it is impolitic to confer
the Orders upon Ministers of the Gospel, in pre-
ference to others, free of charge.
CHARGES.-When a Companion has been elected to
receive the Orders, and complaint has been made
against him in his Lodge or Chapter, for unmasonic
conduct, the Orders should not be conferred upon
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him, unless he should be honorably acquitted. It is
competent for the Commandery to stay action as to
advancing a candidate at any stage of its proceed-
ings.
Commanderies, unlike their preceding Masonic
Orders, may adjourn.
The word "Orders" should always be used instead
of "Degrees."
A non-affiliated member of an Order has no right
to the charity fund of the Order, or to Masonic burial
rites.
BY SIR BENJAMIN B. FRENCH, GRAND MASTER OF THE
GRAND ENCAMPMENT, 1862.
Honorary membership does not entitle the Sir
Knight holding it to vote in a Commandery.
A Sir Knight named in a dispensation as Com-
mander, who never has been elected and installed a
Commander, is not entitled to the rank of Past
Commander.
After a clear ballot for a candidate, nothing except
direct and undoubted testimony of unworthiness can
interpose to prevent the conferring of the Orders.
No mere notice, without full statement of the reasons
for giving it, should be regarded as of any weight.
If any Sir Knight states in open Commandery that
he has reasons to give why a candidate, who has
passed the ordeal of the ballot, should not be created
a Sir Knight, those reason must be received and duly
weighed.
No petition can be received signed by more than
one candidate, nor can a petition be acted upon until
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it has been referred to a committee and a report
made.
[This decision was made in consequence of its
appearing on the records of a Commandery that one
petition was received from nineteen Royal Arch
Masons, and, without any reference to the petition,
they were all elected to receive the Order.]
Expulsion from the Order deprives a Knight Tem-
plar of all his rights as a Templar While expelled
he is driven from the Order; has no Templar stand-
ing; and, although he may be restored to his standing
as a Knight by a majority vote, he cannot be restored
to membership in the Commandery of which he was
a member when expelled, except by being regularly
elected by a unanimous ballot.
The loss of a leg is an insurmountable objection to
the creating a man a Knight Templar.
The present Commander of a chartered Com-
mandery should not, at the same time, hold the office
of Commander in another Commandery under
dispensation.
It is improper to dedicate a Commandery under
dispensation or to install its officers.
It is always in the power of the Eminent Com-
mander to order his Commandery to appear either in
full costume or fatigue dress, as he may think proper.
Any Knight Templar in good standing is eligible to
any office that the Grand Encampment, Commandery,
or a subordinate Commandery, may think proper to
bestow upon him.
The action of a Blue Lodge, in suspending or
expelling a Master Mason who is a Knight Templar,
should affect his standing in the Commandery. No
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Templar can hold Masonic intercourse with an
expelled Master Mason.
Any officer of a Commandery, except the Commander,
can resign. The Commander cannot
The following decisions were made and adopted by
the Grand Encampment of the United States, at its
Conclave, September 5th, 1865:
A Grand Commander has the power to make such
assessments upon subordinates as may be necessary
for the support of the Grand Commandery.
The only test to which a candidate should be
subjected is, that he is a Royal Arch Mason. It
would be an improper innovation in the By-Laws of
any Commandery to require that a candidate should
be a Royal and Select Master.
A Grand Commandery has the power to confer
the Orders of Knighthood, and to do so with or with-
out fees, as they may deem expedient. It is, how-
ever, a power that should be exercised with great
caution, and only on extraordinary occasions.
Commanderies having exclusive power to decide
all questions concerning membership, must decide
all questions concerning petitions, therefore, by vote,
such as whether or not a petition may be withdrawn,
etc.
There is no remedy where a member of a Com-
mandery persists in casting a black ball. The ballot
must be secret, and it must be sacred. It is a right
which any member has, which cannot be questioned
cr interfered with, to reject whomsoever he pleases,
and his motives cannot be questioned.
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In voting for admi-sion into the Order, every member
present should be required to cast his ballot, or be
excused therefrom by a vote of the Commandery.
DECISIONS BY SIR H. L. PALMER, GRAND MASTER OF THE
GRAND ENCAMPMENT OF THE UNITED STATES, 1868.
1. Any member of a Commandery in good standing,
is eligible to the office of Eminent Commander, not-
withstanding he may never have held either the office
of Captain General or Generalissimo.
2.
The officers of a Commandery should be elected
on the day prescribed in the By-Laws of the Command-
ery for that purpose. It is not necessary that they
should be elected on Good Friday.
3. The questions having been submitted to me by
letter, I de ermined, for the purpose of uniformity, that
whenever two or more Commanderies appear in public
together, the command of the whole devolves upon
the Commander of the senior Commandery; and,
4. That in such case the senior Cominandery is
entitled to the right of the line; adding, however, that
a proper exercise of knightly courtesy would, under
the circumstances stated, always yield the command to
the most experienced and most efficient Commander
present, and the right of the line to the b.st drilled
and best equipped Commandery.
5. No one can properly be a member of our Order,
which is founded on the Christian religion and the
practice of the Christian virtues," who is not a firm
believer in the religion of Jesus Christ; no one who
does not acknowledge Him as the Savior of mankind,
and believe in the atonement offered up by Him on Cal-
vary, can be a worthy Knight Templir. The rules of
the Order, however, do not require any further or more
definite profession of faith than is comprehended in the
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ritual.
One who ridicules or makes light of the Holy
Bible, or scoffs at religion, is an unworthy member of
the Order.
6. A Knight Templar, in good standing, has the
right to object to conferring the orders of Knighthood
upon a Companion Royal Arch Mason in his Command-
ery, after such Companion has been balloted for and
declared elected; and this, whether the objecting Sir
Knight was present at the time of balloting or not;
and when such objection is made in open Commandery,
verbally or by a formal communication thereto in writ-
ing, the Eminent Commander is not authorized to pro-
ceed and confer the orders upon the candidate. The
Sir Knight making the objection cannot be required to
disclose his reasons therefor.
7. Every member of a Commandery, in good stand-
ing, has a right to know what transpires in his Com-
mandery, but no member of a Commandery should
disclose to any one not a member, any matters arising
during the hours of a regular assembly; nor should any
Sir Knight disclose anything transpiring in a Command-
ery to an absent member, which might be productive
of discord and unkind feeling. It should be the con-
stant care of all Knights Templar to promote harmony
and concord, not only in their own Commanderies, but
among all the members of the Order within the circle
of their acquaintance.
8. An Eminent Commander cannot resign his office
during the term for which he is elected, after being
duly installed.
9. To the question, "Can a Sir Knight be an active
member and enjoy all the privileges and rights of two
Commanderies at the same time, one of them being un-
der dispensation ?" I answered: He cannot, When a
Templar signs a petition for a dispensation to form a
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new Commandery, if the dispensation be granted,
his membership in his old Commandery remains in
abeyance, and he is an active member of the new
Commandery while under dispensation; and if the
dispensation be followed by a charter to the new Com-
mandery, he continues a member of that, and ceases to
be a member of the old one.
10. That whenever a Grand Commander removes
from the jurisdiction of his Grand Commandery, he
thereby vacates his office, the powers of which devolve
upon the Deputy and remaining officers, according to
seniority. That as a permanent removal from the
jurisdiction vacates the office of the Grand Commander,
it follows, as a necessary consequence, that after such
removal he cannot exercise the powers of the office.
11. That a Commandery under dispensation has the
same exclusive jurisdiction within the territory which,
in case a charter should be obtained, would belong to
it, that would appertain to a chartered Commandery.
12. That in the absence of any provision in the by-
laws of a Commandery to the contrary, the petition of
a Companion who is rejected may be presented at any
regular meeting, subsequent to that at which the rejec-
tion occurs.
13. The ritual of the orders of Knighthood should
not be written.
14. Upon applications for the orders of Knighthood,
the vote must be by ballot. The ballot is secret, and
has the same effect as a ballot in a Lodge of Master
Masons.
15.
Petitions for the orders of Knighthood can only
be received and acted upon at regular conclaves of the
Commandery.
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16.
To the question, "Can a Past Commander,
who is an honorary member of a Commandery, open
the same, in the absence of the three principal officers
(i. e. Em. Commander, Generalissimo, and Captain Gen-
eral), he being, at the time, an active member and also
an officer of another Commandery ?" I answered as
follows: He cannot. The last clause of Section 4 of
Article III of the Grand Constitution, relates to Past
Eminent Commanders who are members of the Com-
mandery. Honorary membership does not confer the
right to vote in any Commandery, nor any rauk or
starding therein, but is merely complimentary.
The Committee to whom the above decisions were
referred, reported upon them as follows, and their
report was adopted:
The several decisions of the M. E. Gr. Master meet
our cordial approval, with exceptions as follows:
1st. While we assent to the general propositions
contained in the seventh decision, we cannot assent to
that portion of it which denies the right of a Knight,
who may have been absent from a meeting of his Com-
mandery, to know all the transactions at such meeting,
whether affecting himself or not.
Your committee have had their attention called to a
question upon which different opinions are entertained
by different Grand Commanderies, to wit: How does
the expulsion or suspension of a Knight from his Lodge
or Chapter, affect, his standing in the Commandery to
which he belongs?
In order that Templar law may be uniform through-
out the jurisdiction of this Grand Encampment, we
think that question should be definitely determined by
this body. Inasmuch as no one can become a Knight
Templar who is not in good standing in Lodge and
Chapter, we hold that a forfeiture of that good standing
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deprives him of all the rights and privileges gained
thereby, and necessarily degrades him from the orders
of Knighthood.
We are also asked to decide what is the status of a
Knight who held membership in a Commandery whose
charter has been surrendered or revoked. We think
the Knight, in such case, could join another Command-
ery, upon petition and certificate from the Grand Re-
corder of the State holding the charter and papers of
the Commandery to which he last belonged, that his
standing therein was good when said Commandery
ceased to exist.
Who should be eligible to office in the Grand En-
campment? is also asked.
We hold that no one not an actual member of this
Grand Body should be permitted to hold office therein.
BY R. E. SIR H. C. RANNEY, GRAND COMMANDER, 1865-66.
Elections cannot be held by resolution; the By-Laws
specify the time.
An election held at any other time than that pre-
scribed by the By-Laws, is illegal and void; and the
old officers must hold over until the next annual Con-
clave, unless the Grand Commander sees fit to authorize
a special election.
Amendments to the By-Laws must lie over from
one regular Conclave to another; and, if adopted, are
not legally binding until approved by the Grand Com-
mandery.
A Commandery under dispensation has no members;
is not required to pay dues on Sir Knights other than
those created; and, strictly speaking, has no By-Laws
until the form on which it unites has been approved
by the superior body.
"Can Royal Arch Masons, raised in the Jewish
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faith, receive the orders of Knighthood ?" Ask them
if they now profess Christianity; if they believe that
Jesus Christ was the Son of God, the Savior of man-
kind. If they cannot answer these questions in the
affirmative, they cannot enter our asylums.
The re-installation of one who is already Commander
is not absolutely necessary or essential. The former
vow of office is binding until his successor is elected
and installed.
No obligation or installation is necessary for officers
of Commanderies under dispensation. No installation
is necessary until a Commandery is constituted.
A member of a chartered Commandery, who is also
a petitioner for a Commandery under dispensation, is not
required to take a demit. When a charter is granted,
he has the right to select the Commandery in which he
wishes to retain membership. If he selects the new,
a notice to the old Commandery virtually demits him,
provided his dues are paid.
Chartered Commanderies are liable for dues on peti-
tioners.
No election of officers is necessary in a Commandery
under dispensation.
All candidates should be elected by ballot. The bal-
lot must be secret, and it must be sacred.
BY THE COMMITTEE ON JURISPRUDENCE, 1867.
That in the opinion of the Committee, the Right
Eminent Grand Commander is the judge of the expe-
diency, in each and every instance, of a petition for a
dispensation, to receive a petition out of the regular
time, and has the right, if he deems it for the interest
of the Order, to grant such a dispensation.
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BY RIGHT EMINENT SIR GEO. C. LANPHERE, GRAND
COMMANDER, 1866-67.
Conferring the orders of Knighthood upon a candi-
date does not make him a member of the Commindery.
He must sign the By Laws, or otherwise he is not lia-
ble for dues.
The vote in the Commandery for the orders, or for
affiliation, should in all cases be unanimous, and by
secret ballot,
It is not proper to confer the orders without the
regular fee. If the Sir Knights see fit to donate the
fees, they have the right to do so.
Commanderies under dispensation have exclusive
jurisdiction over territory, the same as a chartered
Commandery.
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR UNIFORM.
GRAND ENCAMPMENT OF THE U. S. REGULATIONS.
The following is the uniform for a Knight Templar,
as adopted by the Grand Encampment of the United
States, at New York, Sept. 3, 1862, and earnestly
recommended to be adopted by all Knights Templar
throughout its jurisdiction:
FULL DRESS.-Black frock coat, black pantaloons,
scarf, sword, belt, shoulder-straps, gauntlets, and
chapeau, with appropriate trimmings.
FATIGUE DRESS.-Same as full dress; except for cha-
peau a black cloth cap, navy form, with appropriate
cross in front; and for gauntlets, white gloves.
SCARF.-Five inches wide in the whole, of white,
bordered with black one inch on either side; a strip
of navy lace, one-fourth of an inch wide, at the inner
edge of the black. On the front centre of the scarf,
a metal star of nine points, in allusion to the nine
founders of the Temple Order, enclosing the Passion
Cross, surrounded by the Latin motto, "In Hoc Signo
Vinces;" the star to be three and three-quarter inches
in diameter. The scarf to be worn from the right
shoulder to the left hip, with the ends extending six
inches below the point of intersection.
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CHAPEAU.-The military chapeau, trimmed with
black binding, one white and two black plumes, and
appropriate cross on left side.
GAUNTLETS. Of buff leather, the flap to extend
four inches upward from the wrist, and to have the
appropriate cross embroidered in gold, on the proper
colored velvet, two inches in length.
SWORD. Thirty-four to forty inches, inclusive of
scabbard, helmet head, cross handle, and metal
scabbard.
BELT.-Red enameled or patent leather, two inches
wide, fastened round the body with buckle or clasp.
SHOULDER STRAPS.- For Grand Master and Past
Grand Master of the Grand Encampment.-Royal purple
silk velvet, two inches wide by four inches long
(outside measurement), bordered with two rows of
embroidery of gold three-eighths of an inch wide;
the Cross of Salem embroidered, of gold, in the
centre, lengthwise.
For all other Grand Officers of the Grand Encampment.
-The same as the Grand Master, except for the Cross
of Salem, the Patriarchal Cross, of gold, with the
initials of the office respectively, embroidered, of
silver (Old English Characters), at the foot of the
cross, narrow-wise of the strap.
For the Officers and Past Grand Officers of a Grand
Commandery.-Bright red silk velvet, two inches wide
by four inches long, bordered with one row of em-
broidery of gold. quarter of an inch wide; the Tem-
plar's Cross, of gold, with the initials of the office
respectively, to be embroidered (Old English Charac-
ters), in silver, on the lower end of the strap.
For the Commander and Past Commanders of Subor-
dinate Commandery-Emerald-green silk velvet, an inch
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and a half wide by four inches long, bordered with
one row of embroidery, of gold, quarter of an inch
wide; the Passion Cross, with a halo, embroidered,
of silver, in the centre.
For the Generalissimo.-Same as the Commander,
except for the Passion Cross, the square, surmounted
by the Paschal Lamb.
For the Captain General.-Same as the Commander,
except for the Passion Cross, the Level, surmounted
with the Cock.
CAP.-Navy form; black cloth, four to five inches
high, narrow leather strap fastened at the sides with
small metal Templar's Cross, and with appropriate
cross in front.
DISTINCTIONS.-The Sir Knights will wear white
metal, wherever metal appears. Commanders and
Past Commanders, Grand and Past Grand Officers,
gold.
CROSSES. Sir Knights, Commanders, and Past Com.
manders of subordinate Commanderies, will wear the
Passion Cross; Grand and Past Grand Officers of
State Commanderies, the Templar Cross; Grand and
Past Grand Officers of the Grand Encampment, the
Patriarchal Cross; the Grand Master and Past Grand
Masters of the Grand Encampment, the Cross of
Salem, which is the Patriarchal Cross, with an addi-
tional bar in the centre.
The various crosses as designated, to be worn on
the side of the chapeau and on the scabbard of the
sword. Those on the chapeau to be three inches in
height; on the sword one inch.
HANGINGS FOR JEWELS.-The hangings for Grand
and subordinate Commanderies may remain as at
present
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:
GRAND STANDARD.-Is of white woolen or silk stuff,
six feet in heihgt and five feet in width, made tripartite
at the bottom; fastened at the top to the cross-bar by
nine rings in the centre of the field, a blood red
Passion Cross, over which is the motto, “In Hoc Signo
Vinces;" and under, "Non nobis Domine! non nobis,
sed Nomini tuo da Gloriam!" The cross to be four
feet high, and the upright and bar to be seven inches
wide. On the top of the staff, a gilded globe or ball,
four inches in diameter, surmounted by the Fatri-
archal Cross, twelve inches in height. The cross to
be crimson, edged with gold.
BEAUSEANT. Of woolen or silk stuff, same form
and dimensions as the Grand Standard, and suspended
in the same manner. The upper half of this Loner
is black, and the lower half white.
PRELATE'S ROBES.- A full white linen or muslin
robe, open behind, reaching down to within six inches
of the feet; fastened around the neck below the
cravat, which should be white; and having dowing
sleeves reaching to the middle of the hand. ▲ white
woolen cloak, lined with white, fastened around the
neck, and extending down to the bottom of the robe;
on the left front a red velvet Templar C oss, six
inches in width. A blue silk stole, reaching down in
front to within six inches of the bottom of the robe,
and having on it three Templar Crosses of red silk.
Mitre of white merino, bordered with grid, lined
with green, having the Red Templar Cross extending
to the edges, and surmounted by a Pass on Crost
three inches high. The special badge of hs office is
a crosier.
UNIFORM
ADOPTED BY
APOLLO COMMANDERY NO. 1,
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR, CHICAGO,
Conforming to the Costume adopted by the Grand Encamp-
ment of the United States.
COAT.
For Sir Knights. Black cloth, cut military style,
single breasted, standing collar; eleven buttons in
front, four behind; length, to knee; side edges in
pleat; hook and eye at neck gorge; sleeve plain, no
buttons at cuff; Passion Cross of silver on left side of
collar, same as now used; buttons round, of silk twist
covering.
For Generalissimo and Captain General.
above.
Same as
Same as
For Commander and Past Commanders.
above, except that the coat shall be double breasted,
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with two rows of buttons; Cross on collar to be gold,
with rays.*
CHAPEAU.
For Sir Knights and Subordinate Officers. The military
chapeau, the same now adopted by this Commandery;
black binding; two black and one white plume; on the
left side, a scarlet velvet Pa sion Cross, three inches in
height.
For Generalissino and Cuptain General. Same as above,
except that the Cross on chapeau shall be of embroid-
ered silver edge
For Commander and Past Commanders.
Same as
above, except that the cross on chapeau shall be of em-
broidered gold edge, with rays.
CAP.
For Sir Knights.
Present navy style, black cloth;
3 to 3 inches heighth of crown; bright red velvet
Passion Cross in front; buttons of white metal, orna-
mented by cross and crown; black band, and narrow
patent leather strap without buckle.
For all Officers, except Commander and Past Com-
manders; same as above, except that two narrow white
lace bands shall be used, and the cross shall be embroid-
ered silver edge, without rays.
For Commanders and Pust Commanders. Same as
None but Commanders or Past Commanders are entitled to
use the rays.
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR UNIFORM.
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above, except that the cross shall be of gold embroid-
ered edge, with rays; buttons of gilt; strap, narrow
gilt lace; band, wide gold lace.
For Sir Knights.
GAUNTLETS.
Buff leather, military style, with
cuff extending 44 inches up from its intersection with
the hand, with scarlet velvet cross two inches in length
on back of cuff.
For all Officers, except Commander and Past Commanders.
Same as above. Cross to be edged with silver embroid-
ery, without rays.
For Commander and Past Commanders, cross shall be
embroidered in gold, with rays.
BALDRICK.
For Sir Knights. Patent or enameled white leather,
four inches wide, bordered with black of same material,
one inch in width on either edge; on the inuer edge of
black, a strip of white navy lace % of an inch wide;
on the center, a white metal star of nine pints, with
motto enclosing the Passion Cross. To be crossed six
inches from the bottom, and worn from right shoulder
to left hip.
SWORD.
For Sir Knights and all Officers, except Commander and
Past Commanders. Thirty-four to forty inches in
length; white metal scabbard; cross hilt, and helmet
head; black hilt, suspended from two rings.
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For Commander and Past Commanders. Same as
above, except gilt in place of white metal, and white
in place of black grip.
BELT.
Red patent or enameled leather, 14 inches wide,
fastened in front by a white metal clasp, oval in shape,
24 by 2% inches in size, with detached center piece,
the latter plain and overlaid by a plain Templar cross;
the ou er and inner edges of clasp raised and chased.
Belt furnished with two short, white metal chains, sus-
pended from attached rings to belt, and white metal
slide with hook for fatigue cap.
Same as
For Commander and Past Comman·lers.
above, except gilt in place of white metal, and two
rows of gold lace 3% of an inch inside of edges.
SHOULDER STRAPS.
Gold for Commander and Past Commanders; white
metal for all subordinate officers, with the emblem of their
respective offices thereon in center.
UNIFORM OF A PRELATE.
Same general style as mentioned, with the following
exceptions:
Chapeau. Three black plumes; triple triangle em-
broidered on black velvet, with white silk; the velvet
surrounded with black ribbon, in form of rosette, and
placed on left side of chapeau.
Shoulder Straps. Black velvet bordered with two
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR UNIFORM.
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rows of black silk embroidery; triple triangle in the
center embroidered in white silk, two inches wide, four
inches long.
Bell.
Black enameled leather.
Sword. Enameled black hilt; black leather scabbard.
Clasp. Black enameled; triple triangle in center.
Cap. Triple triangle embroidered in white silk, in
front.
STATUTES AND REGULATIONS
OF THE
Grand Commandery of Knights Templar,
ADOPTED, OCTOBER 26TH, A. O. 746
ARTICLE I.
Of the Grand Commandery.
It
It
SECTION 1. This Grand Commandery shall be
known and styled as the GRAND COMMANDERY OF
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.
being the highest source of the Orders of Knight-
hood, as conferred in Commanderies of Knights
Templar in Illinois, claims and enjoys of right, the
government and superintendence of all Commanderies
of Knights Templar within this jurisdiction.
may, therefore, grant warrants and dispensations for
holding Commanderies of Knights Templar, together
with the appendant Order, and when expedient,
revoke and amend the same. It may make laws, pass
regulations, and at pleasure repeal, amend and alter
the same. It may censure, suspend and expel Com-
manderies, or members of this Grand Commandery,
for violation and disobedience of its laws, rules, and
regulations.
SEC. 2.
Of Officers and Members.
This Grand Commandery shall consist of a
1. Grand Commander,
2. Deputy Grand Commander,
3. Grand Generalissimo,
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4. Grand Captain General,
5. Grand Prelate,
6. Grand Senior Warden,
7. Grand Junior Warden,
8. Grand Treasurer,
9. Grand Recorder,
10. Grand Standard Bearer,
11. Grand Sword Bearer,
12. Grand Warder,
13. Grand Captain of the Guards; also,
14. All Past Grand Commanders,
15. All Past Deputy Grand Commanders,
16. All Past Grand Generalissimos,
17. All Past Grand Captains General of this Grand
Commandery, together with
18. The Commanders,
19. The Generalissimos,
20. The Captains General, and
21. All Past Commanders of the several Com-
manderies under the jurisdiction of this Grand Com-
mandery, so long as such Past Grand and subordinate
officers shall remain members of any subordinate
Commandery under its jurisdiction. Each of the
individuals above enumerated shall be entitled, when
present, to one vote, in all the proceedings of this
Grand Commandery, and no person shall be eligible
to any office in this Grand Commandery, unless
he shall be, at the same time, a member of some
subordinate Commandery under its jurisdiction.
Of Proxies.
SEC. 3. Every officer specified in the foregoing
section, save and except Past Commanders, may ap-
pear and vote by proxy, said proxy being at the
time of service, a member of the same subordinate
Commandery as his principal, and producing a prop-
erly authenticated certificate of his appointment.
STATUTES AND REGULATIONS.
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Of Titles.
SEC. 4. The title and designation of the Gran
Commander is RIGHT EMINENT; that of the Deputy
Grand Commander, VERY EMINENT; of the remaining
officers of this Grand Commandery, EMINENT.
Of Conclaves.
SEC. 5. The stated Conclaves of this Grand Com-
mandery shall be held annually, in the City of
Chicago, County of Cook, on the fourth Tuesday of
October, in each and every year. The Grand Com-
mander shall have power to call special Conclaves at
such time and place as he may see fit.
At every
stated Conclave, the officers enumerated in Section 2,
shall be elected by ballot, and shall hold their offices
until their successors shall be elected and installed.
No Sir Knight shall be eligible to either of the first
four offices of this Grand Commandery, unless he
shall have been regularly installed as Commander of
a subordinate Commandery. At every stated Con-
clave of this Grand Commandery, the official reports
of its officers, and of the subordinate Commanderies
under its jurisdiction, shall be received and con-
sidered; and such other business transacted as the
welfare of the Order may demand. At special Con-
claves no business shall be transacted except that
specified in the original summons. At every Conclave
all questions shall be decided by a majority of votes.
No appeal shall lie to the Grand Commandery from
the decision of the Graud Commander.
Of the Grand Commander.
SEC. 6. It shall be the duty of the Grand Com-
mander to attend and preside over all Conclaves of
the Grand Commandery, to preserve order, and see
that the constitutional enactments, rules and edicts
of the Grand Encampment of the United States,
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and of this Grand Commandery, are duly and
promptly observed. He may visit and preside over
any Commandery in this jurisdiction, and give such
instructions and directions as the good of the Order
may require, always adhering to the ancient land-
marks and the Constitution of the Grand Encampment
of the United States. The Grand Commander shall be
invested with such powers and discharge such duties
as may be required by the ritual and ceremonies of
the Order.
Of the Deputy Grand Commander.
At
SEC. 7. The Deputy Grand Commander, in the
event of the death, removal, or physical incompetency
of his superior, shall act as Grand Commander.
all other times he shall perform such duties as may
be required of him by the Grand Commander, or
Grand Commandery.
Of the Grand Generalissimo and Grand Captain General.
SEC. 8. The Grand Generalissimo and Grand Cap-
tain General, in the absence of their respective
superiors, shall severally act as Grand Commander,
according to their rank. At all other times they
shall perform such duties as may be required of them
by the Grand Commander, and the regulations of the
Order.
Of the Grand Treasurer.
He
SEC. 9. It shall be the duty of the Grand Treas-
urer to take charge of all property belonging to the
Grand Commandery, and to receive all moneys from
the Grand Recorder, giving his receipt therefor.
shall pay all orders authorized to be drawn on him
by the Grand Commandery, and shall, at each annual
Conclave, render an account of his receipts and
disbursements.
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Of the Grand Recorder.
SEC. 10. The Grand Recorder shall attend all
Conclaves of the Grand Commandery, and keep a
faithful record of all proceedings proper to be written.
He shall transmit to the Grand Master and Grand
Recorder of the Grand Encampment of the United
States, copies of all the statutes and regulations of
this Grand Commandery, and the roll of the Grand
Officers. He shall record the proceedings of this
Grand Commandery, and all charters and dispensa-
tions issued by its authority, in books kept for that
purpose. He shall collect all moneys due the Grand
Commandery, and pay the same to the Grand Treas-
urer, taking his receipt therefor. He shall receive
and examine the returns of subordinate Command-
eries, and make settlements with their representatives.
He shall, at each annual Conclave, make a full report
of his accounts, and also of the failure of any subor-
dinate Commandery to make returns or pay their
dues. He shall keep the seal of the Graud Com-
mandery, and affix it to all documents which may
require it, and shall perform all other duties pertain-
ing to his office, as may be required of him by the
Grand Commandery.
SEC. 11.
Of the Remaining Officers.
The duties of the remaining officers shall
be such as are appropriate to their respective stations,
or may be assigned to them by the Grand Com-
mandery, and corresponding as near as may be to
those of the corresponding officers of the Grand
Encampment of the United States.
Of Dispensations for Commanderies.
SEC. 12. The Grand Commander and Deputy
Grand Commander, severally, shall have power,
during the recess of this Grand Commandery, to
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grant letters of dispensation, under their respective
hands and private seals, to a competent number of
Knights Templar (not less than nine,) residing within
the jurisdiction of this Grand Commandery, and
possessing constitutional qualifications, empowering
them to form and open a Commandery of Knights
Templar, and confer the usual Orders of Knight-
hood, such dispensation to continue no longer than
the next annual Conclave of this Grand Commandery,
when said dispensation may be continued or recalled,
or a charter granted, upon a report of the officers
of the new Commandery, of their acts under the
dispensation. No dispensation shall be issued for a
new Commandery, unless the petition therefor is
recommended by the Commandery nearest to the
place where said new Commandery is to be located.
Of Fees and Dues.
SEC. 13. There shall be paid into the Treasury
of the Grand Commandery, for every dispensation to
form and open a new Commandery, the sum of
Ninety Dollars, and to the Grand Recorder, for
every charter issued, the additional sum of Ten
Dollars, which shall be his perquisite. Every suh-
ordinate Commandery under the jurisdiction of this
Grand Commandery shall pay to the same, Two Dol-
lars for every Knight Templar created in said Com-
mandery; and for every member (except those created
during the year) One Dollar annually, which sum
shall be paid at or before each annual Conclave.
Of Mileage and per Diem.
SEC. 14. Each Grand Officer, together with one
Representative, the highest in rank of each subordi-
nate Commandery, and also the chairman of each of
the Committees on Jurisprudence and Foreign Cor-
respondence shall be paid out of the funds in the
STATUTES AND REGULATIONS.
207
Grand Treasury, Two Dollars for each day's attend-
ance on the Conclave of the Grand Commandery, and
the further sum of Five Cents for each and every
mile traveled, going to and returning from the Con-
clave of the Grand Commandery, the distance to be
computed by the nearest traveled route. No Sir
Knight shall be allowed to draw mileage or per diem
allowance, both as Grand Officer, Representative or
member of the above Committees at the same Con-
clave; nor shall he draw pay as Representative for
more than one Commandery at one and the same
time.
ARTICLE II.
SUBORDINATE COMMANDERIES.
How Constituted.
SECTION 1. All regular assemblies of KNIGHTS
TEMPLAR are called COMMANDERIES, and are composed
of a
Commander, (whose title is Eminent,)
Generalissimo,
Captain General,
Prelate,
Senior Warden,
Junior Warden,
Treasurer,
Recorder,
Standard Bearer,
Sword Bearer,
Warder,
Captain of the Guards,
And as many members as may be found convenient.
Fees and Qualifications.
SEC. 2. No Commandery shall confer the Orders
of Knighthood for a less sum than Forty Dollars,
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STATUTES AND REGULATIONS.
nor upon any one who is not a regular Royal Arch
Mason, according to the requirements of the Grand
Encampment of the United States. The rule of suc.
cession in conferring the Orders of Knighthood,
shall be as follows: KNIGHT OF THE RED CROSS;
KNIGHT TEMPLAR.
Authority.
SEC. 3. Every Commandery shall have a warrant
or dispensation from the Grand Commandery, or
from one of the first two Grand Officers; and no Com-
mandery that may hereafter be formed and opened,
shall be deemed legal without such warrant or dis-
pensation; and communication is hereby interdicted
and forbidden between any Commandery in this
jurisdiction, or any member, or either of them, and
any Commandery that may be so formed, opened or
holden, without such warrant or dispensation, or any
or either of their members, or any person introduced
into such illegal assembly.
The Commander.
SEC. 4. The Commander of every Commandery has
it in special charge, to see that the By-Laws of this
Commandery are duly observed, as well as the stat-
utes and regulations of this Grand Commandery,
and the Constitution of the Grand Encampment of
the United States; that accurate records are kept, and
just accounts and reports rendered; that returns are
made to the Grand Recorder of elections of officers;
that the regular returns are made to the Grand Com-
mandery annually, and that the annual dues are
promptly paid. He has authority to call special
Conclaves at pleasure; and it is his duty, together
with the Generalissimo and Captain General, to at-
tend all Conclaves of the Grand Commandery, either
in person or by proxy. No appeal shall lie to the
Commandery from the decision of the Commander
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269
Irregular Work.
SEC. 5. It shall not be deemed regular for any
Commandery to confer the Orders of Knighthood
upon any sojourner whose fixed place of abode is
within any State in which there is a Commandery
regularly established; and in case any Commandery
shall confer the said honors contrary to this section,
such Commandery shall, on demand, pay to the Com-
mandery situated next the fixed abode of the candi-
date, the whole amount of fees received for his ad-
mission. Neither shall it be regular for any subor-
dinate Commandery to confer said Orders upon any
one living nearer to any other Commandery under
this jurisdiction, without special leave first given,
under the penalty aforesaid.
Petitions.
SEC. 6. Every petition to a Commandery for
the Orders of Knighthood, and for membership, shall
be in writing, and give the Masonic affiliations, the
residence, date of birth, and birth-place of the
applicaut, over his full signature. Such petition
must be presented and entered on the records, at a
regular Conclave, and be referred to be reported on
at a subsequent regular Conclave; provided, that in
cases of emergency, (the applicant being well
known), the Commandery may dispense with the
requirement as to time.
Seals.
SEC. 7. Every Commandery shall have a Seal,
giving the name and number thereof, an impression
of which shall be deposited with the Grand Recorder.
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ARTICLE III
REGULATIONS.
Opening.
SECTION 1. The Grand Commandery shall be
opened in ample or due form at the time appointed
for each Conclave, immediately after which the pro-
ceedings of the last Conclave shall be read, unless
dispensed with, and at the resumption of business at
each successive sitting, the minutes shall in like
manner be read.
Committees.
SEC. 2. After the minutes are approved, it shall
be the duty of the Grand Commander to appoint
three Sir Knights, members of this Grand Com-
mandery:
1. A Committee on Credentials.
SEC. 3. Pending the preparation of the report of
the Committee on Credentials, the Grand Commander
may read his Annual Address, and the Reports of
the several Grand Officers may be made.
And so
soon as such Committee have made their report, and
the same is approved, the R. E. Grand Commander
shall appoint three Sir Knights (all Committees
appointed being members of this Grand Commandery)
on each of the following Standing Committees:
2. A Committee on Visitors.
3. A Committee on Doings of Grand Officers.
4. A Committee on Charters and Dispensations.
5. A Committee on Finance and Accounts.
6. A Committee on Grievances.
7. A Committee on Unfinished Business.
8. A Committee on Mileage and Per Diem.
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To such Committees all subjects may be referred
that the Grand Commandery deem proper, and they
shall make due report thereon.
The Grand Commander shall also appoint all other
Committees raised for the transaction of the business
of the Grand Commandery, that may not be appointed
by resolution of the same.
SEC. 4. The R. E. Grand Commander shall,
immediately after installation, appoint
9. A Committee on Foreign Correspondence.
10. A Committee on Jurisprudence.
Such Committees to make report at as early a
period during the next Conclave as may be practi-
cable.
Vow of Office.
SEC. 5. The Officers of this Grand Commandery
and of every subordinate Commandery in this juris-
diction, before they enter upon the exercise of their
respective offices, shall take the following obligation,
viz:
I.
do promise and vow that I will support
and maintain the Constitution of the Grand Encamp-
ment of Knights Templar of the United States of
America, and the Statutes and Regulations of the
Grand Commandery of the State of Illinois.
Amendments.
SEC. 6. Whenever it shall be deemed necessary to
alter or amend these Statutes and Regulations, the
same shall be done as follows: the Grand Command-
ery, in Conclave, may propose any alterations or
amendments, and reduce them to form, the consider-
ation of which shall lie over until the next annual
Conclave of the Grand Commandery; and if then
voted for by a majority of the members present, they
shall become a part of these Statutes and Regulations
INDEX.
PAGE
66
Alignments-Principles of..
Apollo Commandery Uniform..
Asylum-Tactics for
Burial-Service of Knights Templar
Ceremonies-Installing Grand Officers
66
For Conducting Trials..
Charges Installation..
Grand Officers.
Column-To Form, by Threes
9
255
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......
33
149
199
183
172
199
90
46
To Reduce to, from Cross in Asylum....
64
66
To Reduce Cross to, on the March:
97
66
To Form, from Two Divisions Faced to the Front at
a Halt..
108
66
66
66
To Reduce to, from Triangle on the March.
To Reduce Patriarchal Cross
To Reduce Cross of Salem................
114
....
..........
101
102
Commands--Manner of Giving...
Commanderies-Reception and Escort Honors to..
Constitution-Grand Encampment
Constituting-Subordinate Commandery.
115
218
167
Council-Tactics for the
Cuts Templar Sword
Cross To Form in Asylum..
46
66
66
66
66
66
73
.......
29
60
Salem,
Greek, to Form in Asylum
Passion, to Form, from Sections on the March.
to Form, from Threes on the March
Patriarchal, on the March......
66
66
Detachments-To Form in the Council..
Decisions-Grand Masters
Dedication-Ceremonies of..
Divisions-To Form, in Asylum
63
94
94
99
100
75
244
167
33
66
To Form in Two
35
66
To Form in Three.
37
66
To Form Line from Two.
36
66
To Form in Two, Faced to the Front, from Sections
at a Halt..
106
66
To March in Threes, by the Flank.
82
66
To Display, in Marching
84
66
To Form in Twos, while marching in Threes, by
20
the Flank
To Form in Three, from Two on the March........
86
89
274
INDEX.
Escort-To other Masonic Bodies.
66 Prelate's, to Form.
Facings-Instruction in
Forms For Conducting Trials.
Funeral-Ceremonies and Honors.
Grand Encampment-Constitution..
Grand Commandery
Honors-Reception and Escort..
"
Funeral
Inspection-To Form for, in Council
To Form for, in Asylum
Grand, to Form for..
47
Installation of Officers
66
of Grand Officers...
Instruction-General Rules for...
Into Line-From Column of Threes
Jurisprudence-Templar
Knight-Red Cross, Working Text of..
Templar, Working Text of..
66 Malta, Working Text of ..
Line-To Form, from Three Divisions.
"6
To Form, from Sections, at a Halt
Manual Templar Sword
Marches-Instruction in ...
Moulinets-Sword Practice
Parade-Grand, to Form
Practice-The Templar Sword
Reception-Grand Master's...
66
Grand Commander's..
Sovereign Master's..
Regulations-Grand Commandery
Rehearsal-To Form for, in Asylum..
Review-To Form for, in Council...
66 To Form for, in Asylum.
Grand, to Form for.
66
Ritual-Grand Commandery.
School Templar, of the
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121
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65
5
183
118
213
199
115
118
...
....
76
39
125
167'
199
1
59
239
129
136
145
51
103
16
11
28
124
28
71
67
73
261
41
.....
78
55
126
199
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1
92
106
149
261
213
6
16
28
124
Sections-To Form, from Threes, on the March.
66 To Form, from Two Divisions, on the March
Service-Burial for the Orders.
Statutes-Grand Commandery.
66
Grand Encampment
Steps-Principles of
Sword-Manual of the..
Practice, Moulinets.
Tactics-For Grand Parade..
66
66
For Full Display on Parade
For Public Parade...
Templar-Jurisprudence...
Military Position of the....
...
90
80
239
2
INDEX.
275
Templar-Regulations for Uniform..
Threes-To Reduce to, from Sections, on the March...
Triangle To Form, in Asylum
66
To Form, in small Hall..
.6 To Form, on the March.
Uniform-Regulations for....
66
Of Apollo Commandery
Wheelings-Principles of ...
Work-Text for the Orders...
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52
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